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Bill: Food Label Law
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakania Republican Party
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: March 2218
Description[?]:
| Due to the changes in the what should be labeled on food, people need to understand what they are eating. Besides that making the food ingredient labeling should be limited so it does not cover the whole can of peaches. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Current: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Proposed: Any GM ingredients must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Article 2
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:56:24, April 23, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian-Socialist Coalition | To | Debating the Food Label Law |
| Message | The two articles somewhat contradict each other. Why would we provide less information about things like chemicals used in processing (which people may have known allergies to) but then require nutritional information to be listed? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 128 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 82 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 40 |
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