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Bill: Food Safety Regulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Democratic Forum
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: October 2605
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:14:49, July 12, 2008 CET | From | Federal Rutanian Libertarian Union | To | Debating the Food Safety Regulation Act |
| Message | We will support this bill also. |
| Date | 16:50:03, July 12, 2008 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Regulation Act |
| Message | Why would we want to take the risk that food safety will vary from region to region, and that not all Rutanians will be gauaranteed high standard produce? This will lead to abuse and to greater ill-health for Rutanians, and the Labour Party is utterly opposed. |
| Date | 17:19:40, July 12, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the Food Safety Regulation Act |
| Message | RRDF does not want that food safety varies from region to region, we just want that local governments take over control and inspection in food safety issues. This is a devolution of powers to local administration, because federal government - commonwealth should not do this job. |
| Date | 19:09:38, July 12, 2008 CET | From | Imperium Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Regulation Act |
| Message | We do not support this responsibility to be left with local governments. |
| Date | 22:33:07, July 12, 2008 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Regulation Act |
| Message | "Local government chooses food safety standards" This is not an inspection bill, but one about the basic level of standards and hygiene. We will not support any possibility that Rutanians in one region (and almost certainly the poorest because they have less money to buy high quality food) should be left with potentially unsafe foodstuffs. |
| Date | 01:02:17, July 13, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the Food Safety Regulation Act |
| Message | Yeah, but this: "The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions." is an inspection bill, so it gives right and duty to government officials to control food safety standards. This could be OK in unitary country, but our Commonwealth is not that, and RRDF does not support unitarism, we are federalists (although moderate, our political positions are not "unitarist leaning", :)) |
| Date | 14:23:25, July 13, 2008 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Regulation Act |
| Message | Yes, but now we cannot guarantee the food safety of all citizens of this country, and that is not acceptable. Some matters should decided locally, but there must uniform national standards in areas like health or food consumption and standards. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 369 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 154 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 76 |
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