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Bill: Labelling Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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: August 2886
Description[?]:
| This Act will deregulate food labelling. |
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: There are no laws concerning food and beverage labeling.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Current: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Proposed: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:27:40, January 29, 2010 CET | From | National Workers Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Labelling Act |
| Message | Mr.Speaker....Your crazy people have allergys........................... |
| Date | 13:58:03, January 29, 2010 CET | From | Union of Radical Republicans (UM) | To | Debating the Labelling Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, aside from the CLP's ideological goals, what benefit would this bill have? Certainly, the producers would still have to keep track of what is used in agriculture and processing, even if only on an accounting end; there is no added profit or jobs in unlabeled bottle-sticker printing. What would be the point, except to remove information on the products they buy from the end consumer? |
| Date | 14:29:37, January 29, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Labelling Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, it would achieve two things. First and foremost, it would reduce the cost and burden on businesses that are imposed by government. Businesses have to spend much time and effort ensuring that they comply with government regulations. Savings would ultimately benefit the consumer, who would see a reduction in prices and resources spent on improving the quality of products. Finally, Mr Speaker, I have said it before, and I will say it again - capitalism regulates itself. Mr Speaker, if the public desire clear labelling, they will vote for it through the products that they choose to purchase. Those that do not have clear labelling will suffer where it hurts the most - in profit. We must let the consumer speak, Mr Speaker, instead of always having bureaucrats speaking for them. |
| Date | 15:53:41, January 29, 2010 CET | From | Union of Radical Republicans (UM) | To | Debating the Labelling Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, most of these businesses already hold themselves to a higher consumer quality and consumer safety standard than is required by law; we cannot imagine they would remove their labels, which serve as much a marketing purpose as they do a safety one. No, Mr. Speaker, the danger is from companies that would prey on the poor and uneducated - using substandard meats, grains, produce, and packaging to drive the unit price down to the cheapest possible level without disclosure, creating, as it were, a double standard: those who can afford labeling, and those who cannot. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 113 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 250 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 28 |
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