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Bill: Food Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian 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: June 2159
Description[?]:
| A bill to eliminate the restrictions of the food retailers that only increase their overheads and therefore increase the price of thism ost basic commodity. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
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:: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:47:26, December 19, 2005 CET | From |  Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Food Freedom Act |
| Message | Free up this most basic of markets. Allow farmers to sell their products as cheaply as they can. If a product that is sold injures a person then there are laws that can be used without adding another layer of expense that only increases the price of foodstuffs. |
| Date | 05:20:37, December 20, 2005 CET | From | Peoples Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Food Freedom Act |
| Message | I hope your kidding? Please tell me your kidding? |
| Date | 20:22:18, December 20, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Food Freedom Act |
| Message | Why would we joke about one of the most central parts of Libertarianism i.e. a free market? |
| Date | 20:32:46, December 20, 2005 CET | From | Peoples Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Food Freedom Act |
| Message | Thats what i was afraid of... |
| Date | 01:55:15, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Left Flank Party | To | Debating the Food Freedom Act |
| Message | No. As someone who suffers from food allergies I cannot support this bill. If someone suffers an allergic reaction while eating the "cheap" food, there is no law protecting the person harmed. They put all the major ingredients on the label, peanut oil is edible so what did the producer of the food do wrong? Nothing according to law. (OOC. I really do have food allergies, it really sucks) |
| Date | 16:54:16, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Food Freedom Act |
| Message | The ultimate law that has stood humanity in good stead for centuries is "buyer beware". You want cheap then you have the option with my proposals. With the law as it stands you do not have such an option though. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 78 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 169 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 46 |
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