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Bill: Sales of Food Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Citizen's Progressive Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: July 2443
Description[?]:
The current amount of regulation involved in the packaging and sale of food is ridiculous. We believe there is no need to regulate such a simple thing this much. This proposal will make the sale of food much simpler and easier. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Current: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Proposed: Companies are required to label food and beverage products somewhere on the package.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
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 must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
Scope of food ingredient labeling (if present).
Old value:: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Current: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Proposed: Only the major ingredients and those with specific labelling requirements must be listed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
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 | 18:48:35, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Sales of Food Act |
Message | We can't accept this bill, but would have liked some time to discuss it, as we could have been persuaded to accept some of the articles if the arguments had been good enough. |
Date | 19:19:13, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Wealth and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Sales of Food Act |
Message | Our party can only accept Article 2. The adoption of the remaining three would put Hobrazians health in unnecessary danger just to further an anti-authority ideology. |
Date | 23:16:30, August 16, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Sales of Food Act |
Message | In order to guarantee the safety on our citizens these articles are required. One cannot accept responsibility for ones actions if the information is not available in the first place. |
Date | 00:22:21, August 17, 2007 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Sales of Food Act |
Message | No. Way too lax, would end in disaster. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes | Total Seats: 107 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 293 | ||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
Random quote: "The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity." - Naomi Klein |