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Bill: The Food Labelling Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakanian Liberal Socialists
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 2137
Description[?]:
| Recognising that informed choice is the basis of any transaction, and that consumers have a right to know how their food is created and prepared, this bill seeks to ensure that all foods and related containers sold in United Jakania possess on them accurate and easily understandable information about what they contain. |
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: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
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: All ingredients 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 | 05:17:53, November 07, 2005 CET | From |   Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the The Food Labelling Bill |
| Message | Article 1 is redundant; we already have laws that require the labeling of GM foods and listing of all pesticides used on crops. |
| Date | 08:21:10, November 07, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Liberal Socialists | To | Debating the The Food Labelling Bill |
| Message | Then this prevents our laws from contradicting each other, doesn't it? |
| Date | 17:41:39, November 07, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the The Food Labelling Bill |
| Message | No, it opens room for more bureaucracy. Not to mention that Article 1 already accomplishes what Article 2 is supposed to, since technically just about anything can be considered a chemical >.> Def: A substance with a distinct molecular composition that is produced by or used in a chemical process. |
| Date | 20:03:15, November 07, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Liberal Socialists | To | Debating the The Food Labelling Bill |
| Message | I don't quite understand what you mean by 'no'. If we have one bill saying GM labelling is required and another saying it isn't, that's a contradiction. And no nitpicking the wording of the proposals, seeing as we have no ability to alter them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 63 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 149 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 38 |
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