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Bill: Organic Growers and Producers Commune
Details
Submitted by[?]: National People's Gang
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: January 2144
Description[?]:
| As the state crumbles in the wake of its unparalleled attack on the people of Lodamun, laws imposing government control over food production have become redundant. Small communities of growers, working in co-operation with cottage industries producing home-made foods do not require the state interference necessary when food production was run simply for profit by immoral corporations. |
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: There are no laws concerning food and beverage labeling.
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 and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Proposed: Only the major ingredients need to be listed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: There are no food standards provisions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: The sale of food is unregulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Proposed: There is no policy concerning GM crops.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Current: Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.
Proposed: There is no government oversight or regulation of pesticides.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:10:37, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Slaytanic Wehrmacht | To | Debating the Organic Growers and Producers Commune |
| Message | This can't happen... |
| Date | 23:36:44, November 18, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Organic Growers and Producers Commune |
| Message | Odd, for some reason we agree with the PACF and libertarians... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 109 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity." - Maximilien Robespierre |