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Bill: Labelling Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
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 2137
Description[?]:
| To give consumers their right to know what it is that they are consuming. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Current: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Scope of food ingredient labeling (if present).
Old value:: Only the major ingredients and those with specific labelling requirements must be listed.
Current: Only the major ingredients need to be listed.
Proposed: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:05:49, November 06, 2005 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Labelling Act |
| Message | OOC: It seems some of the labelling proposals have been messed around with, so we have to redo them I guess. Alternatives: Listing of controversial ingredients (if food labelling is applied): *Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any Gentically Modified ingredients must be listed. *Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients. *Any GM ingredients must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose chemicals used in agrigulture or processing. *There is no requirement to disclose Gentically Modified ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing. Scope of food ingredient labeling (if present): *Only the major ingredients need to be listed. *Only the major ingredients and those with specific labelling requirements must be listed. *All ingredients must be listed. *All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 312 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 21 |
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