Compound feedingstuffs: marketing, tracing, labelling (amend. Directive 79/373/EEC)

The committee adopted the report (codecision procedure, first reading) by Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF (Greens/EFA, D) approving, with a few amendments, the Commission's proposal amending the directive on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs. In line with Parliament's consistent position of demanding clear labelling to guarantee effective consumer protection at the same time as consumer choice, the committee adopted an amendment adding the requirement that manufacturers submit, on request, internal company documentation as evidence of the composition of compound feedingstuffs. It also called for a binding, exhaustive list of permissible feed materials. As the original deadline of 1 July 2000 for implementing the legislation had passed, it wanted to allow an extra six months. �