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Bill: The Food Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Reform Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2440
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to hold the Food Industry up to certain standards of safety, standards that will be enforced by the government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies are required to label food and beverage products somewhere on the package.
Current: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Proposed: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Current: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: There are no food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: The sale of food is unregulated.
Current: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:18:59, August 04, 2007 CET | From |  New Age Retro Hippies | To | Debating the The Food Reform Act |
| Message | This bill has our full support. |
| Date | 00:03:07, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Centrist Party | To | Debating the The Food Reform Act |
| Message | The DCP fully supports this bill. |
| Date | 00:11:02, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Totalitarian Capitalist Party | To | Debating the The Food Reform Act |
| Message | We support the bill as is. |
| Date | 06:39:58, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Nasal Equality Organization | To | Debating the The Food Reform Act |
| Message | The N.E.O. feels that food should only be sold by reliable, licensed vendors, and that shelf dates should be enforced. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 51 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 9 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 40 |
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