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Bill: Food Label Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socio-Democratic Union
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: May 2141
Description[?]:
| The SDU propose that a new label system is created for food products in Dolgaria. We have noticed that the current legislation does not offer to customers clear information enough, and we think it would be the wisest thing to do to change it. |
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 are required to label food and beverage products somewhere on the package.
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 must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
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 must be listed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:55:09, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Dolgarian Imperial Revivalists | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | We agree with this in totality. |
| Date | 14:34:00, November 13, 2005 CET | From | United Dolgaria Party | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | Hey, SDU, are you putting Josef Stalin as your HoS candidate and Vladimir Lenin as your HoG candidate? It would suit your party's ideology very much... |
| Date | 19:08:55, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Socio-Democratic Union | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | We are not communists, if you want to know. The SDU defends progressive ideas, and we do consider that having detailled label is a good thing for the customers. And any capitalist should know that the customer is a very important individual. And, honestly, I fail to understand how labeling food products is a communistic way... |
| Date | 23:24:41, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | This would cost too much money,and the benefits of passing this legislation do not outweigh the costs of implimenting it. |
| Date | 00:01:39, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Socio-Democratic Union | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | Too much money ? State's expenses for that would be minimum, as it's up to the compagnies to label their products. |
| Date | 01:08:14, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Liberty and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | You put this up for a vote too late. It will reset to debate when the election happens (in about 3 hours). |
| Date | 19:06:37, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | Regardless, now that it is back to a vote, This legislation would harm the companies more than anything else. And I do not mean actual monetary costs, I mean theoretical costs V benefits. These actions will only harm the companies, by costing more money to them. The only benefits would be for the consumers, who do not need and do not care about this information anyways. It is just pumping valuable money (not "The Man's") into a fruitless venture by the government. Moreso, as I said before, it harms business! Your heart is in the right place SDU, but not worth the effort. And by the way CPD, I put Josef Stalin as my "Internal Affairs" cabinet post. |
| Date | 20:58:50, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Dolgarian Imperial Revivalists | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | Actually having full information on all food packaging does nothing more than produce a level playing field in the marketplace, which if anything is just about the most capitalist option available. Afterall, are food companies scared of a little healthy competition? |
| Date | 21:35:13, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Alianse Progresivitāte | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | This isn't a preposterous bill. I'd've rather have seen it split up, but that's a seperate matter altogether. |
| Date | 00:07:06, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Socio-Democratic Union | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | Who cares about the label ? Many ones ! I do care for example. Some people are suffering of sickness that can be activated by specific produce and having it labeled on the package is a way to avoid some tragic incident that may be very expensive to compagnies on the legal ground. Seriously, how much does it cost for a compagny to print ingredients' list on package ? A cent per package ? That is not a big deal in their budget. |
| Date | 17:25:18, November 16, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Food Label Bill |
| Message | That is the business's concern. THeoretically, if the business wants to avoid messy lawsuits by printing clear and consise labels, then they will pay the extra cost to do so. In other words, If that is what the free market dictates, then companies will do so. HOWEVER, to force companies to do so will hamper the free market. The ones that get plagued by lawsuits will either change or go out of business. THe ones that dont get plagued and dont change their labels have little-no need for change. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 154 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 427 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 169 |
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