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Bill: Food Regulation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Market 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: June 2133
Description[?]:
| Government regulation in the food sector considerably rises food prices, which is ultimatly a disadvantage for the poor people. They are less of, when they are not able to buy cheap food. The enforcement of Food Safety also costs the tax payer lots of money for the personal who is checking upon businesses. However it is not possible for them to prevent some quite disguisting products. I therfore suggest that the government only makes suggestions on food safety and any business can accept or decline the suggestions. Private Food Safety Companies will soon be formed after this bill passed the parliament and they can help companies out, that want to show that they're producing quality food. (Examples for private Quality Check in real world are for example the star system for hotels or restaurants, which is from a private organisation or the Car Security Tests from certain car magazines that are considerably higher, than European Car Security Standards). We hate to trust our people the consumers more. They can choose what is right or wrong for them. If they know something is wrong with a product, the word will spread out and the company is most likely to go bankrupt. We see that everyday, its the self-regulation of the market. The government is only enforcing higher prices, but neither higher food safety nor better quality. The same argumentation has to put upon the labeling and selling of food products, which should be left to businesses also. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Current: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Proposed: Companies are encouraged by the government to label food and beverage products.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: There are no food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government recommends food safety standards, but they are not enforced upon businesses.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: The sale of food is unregulated.
Proposed: The sale of food is unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:57:14, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Food Regulation Bill |
| Message | Just a note: we have passed a law that only 1 proposal can be added per bill |
| Date | 16:04:15, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Chinkopodian Economic Democrats | To | Debating the Food Regulation Bill |
| Message | Errr.....no we haven't? |
| Date | 16:10:51, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Food Regulation Bill |
| Message | THIS IS MADNESS! Fiood safety is there to make it safe fof the comsumer to eat, it . You say: "We hate to trust our people the consumers more. They can choose what is right or wrong for them. If they know something is wrong with a product, the word will spread out and the company is most likely to go bankrupt" How can they if no one will regulate it This will lower food standards and damage the health of our nation, and I hope that every sensible, mature, intelligent and sane member of this parliament will vote against it |
| Date | 16:35:19, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Chinkopodian Economic Democrats | To | Debating the Food Regulation Bill |
| Message | No-one will regulate it? Look at the paragraph above. This will lower prices while still giving regulation (and driving the nasty companies out of business unless they clean up their act). |
| Date | 17:18:08, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Free Market Party | To | Debating the Food Regulation Bill |
| Message | @DLP: I clearly said, that there is the possibility for private companies to step in for some producers and create own quality brands. Consumers can decide on their own, if they trust a vendor or not. Nothing else is being done in everyday life. |
| Date | 00:58:04, October 30, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Food Regulation Bill |
| Message | The companies will not regulate themselves, private enterprise is driven by profit and therefore it is in ther best interest to mislead the public and to make sure there protect gets sold. The Private bodies are also a lot less tranparent then the public body It is much better being regulated by an indepedent public body that is transparent to the public, and therefore allows the public to make a better choice for themselve and a more well informed choice for themselves. |
| Date | 02:40:41, October 30, 2005 CET | From | Social Libertarian party | To | Debating the Food Regulation Bill |
| Message | It's not a matter of not trusting consumers (or you know, people) it's a matter of not trusting companies. |
| Date | 09:24:04, October 30, 2005 CET | From | Chinkopodian Economic Democrats | To | Debating the Food Regulation Bill |
| Message | "in ther best interest to mislead the public and to make sure there protect gets sold." Yeah......and then they get found out and no-one buys their product. ::) |
| Date | 09:54:39, October 30, 2005 CET | From | Chinkopodian Economic Democrats | To | Debating the Food Regulation Bill |
| Message | "in ther best interest to mislead the public and to make sure there protect gets sold." Yeah......and then they get found out and no-one buys their product. ::) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 201 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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