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Bill: Listing of controversial ingredients
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tuatha Dé Danann
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: August 2492
Description[?]:
| As it says.. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: Any GM ingredients must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Current: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:26:25, November 26, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Listing of controversial ingredients |
| Message | There is no reason to disclose GM ingredients or chemicals. Most people just don't care. For the minority of people that really worry about such things, there will be a niche market supplying them inferior organic goods. Unnecessary wide-ranging legislation like this will simply increase costs for the consumer. |
| Date | 17:14:16, November 26, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Listing of controversial ingredients |
| Message | We all know you don't care about the environment or biologically produced food. Stop being an arse about it by spreading lies like this.. Bio-food is not inferior. On the contrary! |
| Date | 17:32:56, November 26, 2007 CET | From | Shaman's Voice | To | Debating the Listing of controversial ingredients |
| Message | On the contrary what? Non-organic foods are cheaper, taste better, contain more nutrients, and are safer than organic foods. |
| Date | 20:28:13, November 26, 2007 CET | From | Flemish Liberation Front | To | Debating the Listing of controversial ingredients |
| Message | lies |
| Date | 06:11:51, November 27, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Listing of controversial ingredients |
| Message | Exactly what the Shaman's Voice said. Unless you enjoy insects in your overly expensive produce, of course. |
| Date | 13:35:38, November 27, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Listing of controversial ingredients |
| Message | We acknowledge science has done a lot of progress in helping making agriculture more productive, but you won't fool anyone by pretending like the use of chemicals aren't dangerous or even somehow obligatory to make fruits and vegetables grow. Even then, we're not pleaing for a total prohibition of chemicals, we only want them to be listed. FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticides#Health_effects |
| Date | 13:52:03, November 27, 2007 CET | From | Shaman's Voice | To | Debating the Listing of controversial ingredients |
| Message | But now there are pesticide resistant GM crops. Also natural toxins are used on organic foods such as ricin, aflatoxin, and botulinum toxin. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 405 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 94 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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