Food safety: computer databases for identification of bovine animals and swine

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report drafted by Sophie AUCONIE (EPP, FR) on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards computer databases which are part of the surveillance networks in the Member States.

The committee recommends that the European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading, under the ordinary legislative procedure, should be to amend the Commission proposal.

The report suggests that the list of elements of the computer databases laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC should include:

• the date of death and/or slaughter: (rather than the date of death and slaughter as proposed by the Commission) ;
• the electronic identification code: Members consider that if this is not added, there is a risk that there may be differences in some cases between the visual and electronic identification codes.