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Bill: Food Safety Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: International Unity Party
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: March 3446
Description[?]:
| An Act to safeguard the health and safety of the public food supply PURPOSE OF ACT WHEREAS food items are the most essential commodity for human continuity and must therefore be regulated adequately in order to ensure the healthy and safe nutrition of the population; WHEREAS the importance of the population to make free and informed decisions regarding their choice of food items is paramount to any state or corporate interest; BE IT FOUND that, with the advice and consent of the People's Assembly of the Free and United Country of Kalistan, the following provisions be adopted within one (1) year following the passage of this Act. |
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:: Any GM ingredients must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose 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:: All ingredients must be listed.
Current: All ingredients must be listed.
Proposed: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
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: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:07:22, February 19, 2013 CET | From | International Unity Party | To | Debating the Food Safety Act |
| Message | Please note that the International Unity Party would see that, upon implementation of Article 2, the listing of chemicals used in agriculture would be optional, in an effort to avoid confusion for companies with multiple agricultural providers. |
| Date | 05:24:00, February 22, 2013 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Food Safety Act |
| Message | We will vote for this bill if you move it to a vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 371 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 379 |
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