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Bill: Food Labelling Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jewish Mothers' Union
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: May 2570
Description[?]:
Food should be clearly and accurately labelled. How else is the consumer to be sure about what she is purchasing? Melanie Koffenbaum (Leader of the JMU) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: There are no laws concerning food and beverage labeling.
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, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
Scope of food ingredient labeling (if present).
Old value:: Only the major ingredients need to be listed.
Current: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Proposed: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 01:08:39, May 02, 2008 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the Food Labelling Act |
Message | We see that these bill seem to only represent women. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes |
Total Seats: 313 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 59 | ||||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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