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Bill: Food Information Bill 2613
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Liberal Party
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: December 2613
Description[?]:
| "All that needs be said is: Don't you like to know what it is you're eating? "Think of your children. What if one day you realise that they have been eating a brand of chocolate with an arsenic-based flavour enhancer for years?" Guiseppe Baminton New Liberal Party Shadow Minister for Health and Social Services |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies are encouraged by the government to label food and beverage products.
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
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 | 10:38:52, July 29, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the Food Information Bill 2613 |
| Message | "RDF will vote for:" |
| Date | 12:30:53, July 29, 2008 CET | From | Imperium Party | To | Debating the Food Information Bill 2613 |
| Message | "The IP will support this bill, some consumers want to know what they are eating if they have a certain allegy to a certain food chemical like nuts. It would also be good for people who are on diets, who will want to check nutritional information." Santiago Garcia Imperium Party Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 309 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 184 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 106 |
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