tara Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Am hoping this will work Click to view this email in a browser URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO HELP HENS ACROSS EUROPE Dear Supporters, On 16th March UK MEPs sitting on the Environment Committee in Europe will be voting on an amendment to a proposal which if passed would help to improve the lives of millions of hens across Europe. The amendment is calling for processed foods containing eggs to be labelled with production method to provide consumers with the information needed to make informed choices based on the welfare of laying hens when buying such products. We need your support to help this amendment. Please see the attached list of MEPs and their email addresses and send the email text below to the member(s) that represent your area. Bill Newton-Dunn bill.newtondunn@europarl.europa.eu East Midlands Glenis Wilmott glenis.willmott@europarl.europa.eu London Marina Yannakoudakis marina.yannakoudakis@europarl.europa.eu Northern Ireland Martin Callanan martin.callanan@europarl.europa.eu North East Paul Nuttal paul.nuttall@europarl.europa.eu North East Chris Davies chris@chrisdaviesmep.org.uk North East Bairbre du Brun bairbre.debrun@europarl.europa.eu Northern Ireland James Nicholson james.nicholson@europarl.europa.eu Northern Ireland Struan Stevenson struan.stevenson@europarl.europa.eu Scotland Daniel Hannan daniel.hannan@europarl.europa.eu South East Caroline Lucas caroline.lucas@europarl.europa.eu South East Julie Girling julie.girling@europarl.europa.eu South East Jill Evans jill.evans@europarl.europa.eu Wales Godfrey Bloom godfrey.bloom@europarl.europa.eu Yorkshire and the Humber Linda McAvan linda.mcavan@europarl.europa.eu Yorkshire and the Humber Dear MEP (NAME) I am writing as a member of your constituency to seek your support for an amendment within the current regulations for the European Parliament and the council on the provision of food information to consumers COM(2008)40. ENV Committee Vice-Chair Carl Schylter MEP has proposed commission amendment (No 362) for the inclusion of farming production method for all multi-ingredient foods containing eggs or egg products. This proposal supports an identified need for animal welfare labelling resulting from a significant number of consumers being interested in high-quality products across the European Union. For these consumers, high quality often includes higher animal welfare standards. In 2012 the EU bans the conventional ‘battery’ cage; following the ban the EU is likely to see increased imports of conventionally caged hens eggs produced outside the EU to supply food processing companies and the foodservice sector. Egg packs containing shell eggs have to be labelled with the farming method, therefore consumers can (and are) choosing to purchase eggs raised by higher welfare standards. Processed food which contains egg/egg derivatives does not need to be labelled with farming method making it difficult for consumers to choose higher welfare products produced on EU farms. To uphold EU welfare standards it is vital that consumers are able to distinguish between processed food containing eggs produced by hens in conventional cages and those produced by higher welfare standards in the EU. On March 16th please vote in support of amendment No 362. I have sent my email of it took just 2 ticks thought you would like to support as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Sent mine earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Sent mine earlier. As did I P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Sent mine earlier. As did I P Yep, me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Bumping this up for you Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I sent mine too There was no West Midlands address, so I sent it to the East where they asked a few questions and guided me to this website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 PLEASE NOTE THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE PREVIOUS EMAIL WE SENT.THE CORRECT MEP REGIONS ARE BELOW: WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS HAS CAUSED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Supporters, On 16th March UK MEPs sitting on the Environment Committee in Europe will be voting on an amendment to a proposal which if passed would help to improve the lives of millions of hens across Europe. The amendment is calling for processed foods containing eggs to be labelled with production method to provide consumers with the information needed to make informed choices based on the welfare of laying hens when buying such products. We need your support to help this amendment. Please see the attached list of MEPs and their email addresses and send the email text below to the member(s) that represent your area.Please include your name and address on the email to your MEP Bill Newton-Dunn bill.newtondunn@europarl.europa.eu East Midlands Glenis Wilmott glenis.willmott@europarl.europa.eu East Midlands Marina Yannakoudakis marina.yannakoudakis@europarl.europa.eu London Martin Callanan martin.callanan@europarl.europa.eu North East Paul Nuttal paul.nuttall@europarl.europa.eu North West Chris Davies chris@chrisdaviesmep.org.uk North West Bairbre du Brun bairbre.debrun@europarl.europa.eu Northern Ireland James Nicholson james.nicholson@europarl.europa.eu Northern Ireland Struan Stevenson struan.stevenson@europarl.europa.eu Scotland Daniel Hannan daniel.hannan@europarl.europa.eu South East Caroline Lucas caroline.lucas@europarl.europa.eu South East Julie Girling julie.girling@europarl.europa.eu South West Jill Evans jill.evans@europarl.europa.eu Wales Godfrey Bloom godfrey.bloom@europarl.europa.eu Yorkshire and the Humber Linda McAvan linda.mcavan@europarl.europa.eu Yorkshire and the Humber Dear MEP (NAME) I am writing as a member of your constituency to seek your support for an amendment within the current regulations for the European Parliament and the council on the provision of food information to consumers COM(2008)40. ENV Committee Vice-Chair Carl Schylter MEP has proposed commission amendment (No 362) for the inclusion of farming production method for all multi-ingredient foods containing eggs or egg products. This proposal supports an identified need for animal welfare labelling resulting from a significant number of consumers being interested in high-quality products across the European Union. For these consumers, high quality often includes higher animal welfare standards. In 2012 the EU bans the conventional ‘battery’ cage; following the ban the EU is likely to see increased imports of conventionally caged hens eggs produced outside the EU to supply food processing companies and the foodservice sector. Egg packs containing shell eggs have to be labelled with the farming method, therefore consumers can (and are) choosing to purchase eggs raised by higher welfare standards. Processed food which contains egg/egg derivatives does not need to be labelled with farming method making it difficult for consumers to choose higher welfare products produced on EU farms. To uphold EU welfare standards it is vital that consumers are able to distinguish between processed food containing eggs produced by hens in conventional cages and those produced by higher welfare standards in the EU. On March 16th please vote in support of amendment No 362. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopsie Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 sent mine now! We succeeded with the Portuguese vote so hopefully we can make an impact with this one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlck9 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 received this from my MEP today For all those that badgered your MP, here is the result Dear Constituent Thank you for your recent email. I am delighted to be able to tell you that I did vote for amendment No 362 today in Committee and even more delighted to tell you that the amendment was successful. This is of course just the beginning of the decision making process and I shall be following the progress of these regulations carefully to ensure that this information is provided for in the final regulations. Yours sincerely Julie Girling MEP Conservative South West England and Gibraltar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosey Supposey Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I am delighted to be able to tell you that I did vote for amendment No 362 today in Committee and even more delighted to tell you that the amendment was successful. Fantastic! Really grateful you posted that up as my MEP didn't even acknowledge my email. I know who I won't be voting for next euro election! Brilliant news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopsie Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Wow tick9 you're honoured getting a reply! Nice to know that the amendment was successful too. Your MEP sounds like a considerate one, which should win them some votes alone! EDIT Ooh I got an email from mine too. "Ooops, word censored!" she's Conservative - never voted for them before. Hmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
