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Bill: Freedom of Labling Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertario Aliatu
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: September 2301
Description[?]:
| Allowing companies to label products if they choose to rather than being bullied into doing so by the government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies are encouraged by the government to label food and beverage products.
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 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: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Proposed: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:09:34, October 19, 2006 CET | From |  Aloria Peace Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Labling Act |
| Message | The Aloria Peace Party object to this bill unequivocally. Consumer sovereignty can only be exercised when the consumer is fully informed and presented with the facts. This bill reduces this knowledge and thus erodes consumer sovereignty. We therefore cannot support it. Furthermore, we are repulsed at the manner in which this bill was proposed and the way in which debate on the bill was stifled. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 399 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 44 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 157 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun... our principle is to have the Party control the gun and never allow the gun to control the Party." - Mao Zedong |