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Bill: Food Safety
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Fascisti
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 2138
Description[?]:
| Following on from the opinions expressed in the recent 'Food Safety' bill (quite the misnomer) that was defeated, the National Fascisti are proposing changes to the legislation that we believe are in the same direction. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies are required to label food and beverage products somewhere on the package.
Current: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Proposed: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Article 2
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 3
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 and corresponding nutritional information 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 | 19:20:14, November 07, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Food Safety |
| Message | We will support these measures. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 247 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 172 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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