MEPs call on the Commission to block loopholes on medical devices, give the green light to challenge food companies’ health claims, and call for tough action on Syria.

Breast implants / Food safety / Syria

The scandal of sub-standard breast  implants supplied by a French company

has prompted calls for revision of the  EU's legal framework on medical devises.

Thousands of women have been affected  by the implants, which are prone to rupture,

and now MEPs are calling on the  Commission to tighten regulation.

We don’t control implants  the way we control medicines.

That might be fine  for a pair of spectacles or a bandage.

But for things put inside a person's body

we should have tougher trials,  and that’s something we need to look at.

A victory for European consumers over  food manufacturers' spurious health claims.

The Environment, Public Health  and Food Safety Committee

rejected a motion which would have  challenged the regulatory body,

All health claims about food  should have a scientific background.

because people are usually ready to pay  much more money for healthy foods

There’s increasing frustration  among MEPs over Syria.

They were briefed on latest developments  on Tuesday by Baroness Ashton,

High Representative of the Union  for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

but they know  the options for action are limited.

Some sort of cessation of the government's  military activities against its own citizens

and opening up of the routes  in order to help the population

which has been isolated  and is suffering.