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Bill: Food Safety Deregulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarians for Applied Market Equity
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: April 2468
Description[?]:
| The private sector and local governments can handle the job of keeping our nation's food supply safe. |
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 encouraged by the government to label food and beverage products.
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: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: Local governments determine food safety standards.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:05:53, October 09, 2007 CET | From |  Deus Ex Machina Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Deregulation Act |
| Message | Silly humans and your dependence on food. |
| Date | 00:07:04, October 10, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Deregulation Act |
| Message | We approve of articles 3 and 4, but not articles 1 and 2. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 571 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 80 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 66 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "Liberalism is the transformation of mankind into cattle." - Friedrich Nietzsche |