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Bill: Food Safety Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Democrats
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: October 2839
Description[?]:
| We see no reason for local governments to establish the law on this, there is a standard level of food safety and this should be established by a nationwide authority. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: Local governments determine food safety standards.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Current: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:44:44, October 27, 2009 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Act |
| Message | Before the right wing parties criticise for removing local government power, I ask this: why do they need local autonomy on this issue? Unless you want one of our local governments to not enforce food safety standards, what is the need for the current devolution to local level? Rutania should have food safety standards across the board. As such, we support. |
| Date | 18:02:28, October 27, 2009 CET | From | United Democrats | To | Debating the Food Safety Act |
| Message | We've decided to add article 2. The same reasoning applies to this proposal also. LDP summed up our argument perfectly. (Just to let you know, the LDP gave their support before we added this new proposal). |
| Date | 21:10:17, October 27, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Act |
| Message | We actually would've supported the bill had you not added the second article. Standardizing something so basic as food is not a bad idea, but micromanaging who and who cannot sell food and how long it should sit on the shelves would be more efficiently done on the local level. So, to counter your recent argument, we do not believe it is the same reasoning. Should Article 2 be removed, then we would support this bill. |
| Date | 21:32:06, October 27, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Act |
| Message | We support the current policy, and cannot support this legislation. |
| Date | 22:13:43, October 27, 2009 CET | From | United Democrats | To | Debating the Food Safety Act |
| Message | How is the shelf-life of food a local concern? All food should have the same shelf-life. I understand that licenses to sell food may seem like a local matter but the national government must decide the prerequisites in order to gain a license. We cannot have unlicensed people selling out-of-date food. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 154 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 346 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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