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Bill: Food Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Yellow Libertarian 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: March 2506
Description[?]:
| My first bill in Aloria is going to be a weird bill concerning food labels. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: Local governments determine food safety standards.
Current: The government recommends food safety standards, but they are not enforced upon businesses.
Proposed: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:08:15, December 23, 2007 CET | From | Genuine Progress Alliance | To | Debating the Food Bill |
| Message | We are in favor of Article 1 but not on Article 2. We believe GM ingredients need to be listed because it is the right of the public to be informed. |
| Date | 01:23:45, December 24, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Food Bill |
| Message | DRs don't vote for bills which take power away from local governments to give it to the federal government. We like article 1--free flow of information to consumers is rarely a bad thing. We don't like article 2. Takes power away from provinces, gives it to national government. Don't like it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 523 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 177 |
| Random fact: Players have a responsibility to make a reasonable effort to be accurate when communicating the rules to other players. Any player who manipulatively misleads another player about the rules will be subject to sanction. |
| Random quote: "If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon." - George Aiken |