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Work in the European Parliament
Common Agricultural Policy reform
George Lyon MEP authored the report for the European Parliament that will shape the Future of the Common Agricultural Policy post-2013.
He drew up, in collaboration with shadow Rapporteurs from the other main political groups, a package of fifty compromise amendments, helping to establish the foundation for one of most widely supported reform packages on such a controversial issue.
The report was overwhelmingly adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday 8th July.
Consumer rights
George Lyon MEP has taken an active part in debates on Food information for consumers.
He argued for honest and accurate food labels, so consumers can be sure of what they are buyingh. He supported calls for a mandatory traffic lights system highlighting the amount of fat, saturated fats, sugar, and salt as high, medium, or low for processed food and ready-made meals.
Mr Lyon also relayed consumers' concerns on misleading indications of origin, asking for mandatory country of origin labelling on meat, dairy, fruit and vegetables, single-ingredient processed food and the main ingredient in other processed food.
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