Prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain foodstuffs

In adopting the report by Mrs GROSSETETE (PPE, F), the European Parliament approved this proposal for a decision with the following amendments: - the Member States listed in the Annex to the Decision are authorized to maintain in their legislation the prohibition on the use of categories of additives in the production of foodstuffs where the label, if such labelling is possible, states that the foodstuff has been produced using traditional methods in the named Member State; - for each of the products listed, a note is added stating that they have been produced using traditional methods in the countries concerned; - three new products have been added to the list of foodstuffs: traditional Danish liver paté ('leverpastej'), nitrite, traditional Danish meatballs ('ködboller'), nitrite, and traditional Swedish fruit syrups, food colours. �