Labeling Standards

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Resolution History

Origins

The idea of Labeling Standards was started on August 20, 2005. Antrium originally had the idea for a resolution of Advertising Standards, which after comments from Mikitivity and Groot Gouda, became Labeling Standards. Antrium wrote the first draft on August 24. After more comments in the International Democratic Union forums, it was re-written with a new preamble, and other small changes, and was ready for submission to the United Nations.

Submission and Campaigning

Labeling Standards was submitted for the first time on August 26. There was no telegram campaign for it this time, and it got approximately 75 endorsements. After some more comments by Gruenberg on the UN Organizations forums, it was revised again. It was submitted again on September 5. Antrium started a fairly large telegram campaign this time, while they have not counted, Antrium believes it probably sent 200-300 telegrams in its campaign. This time, Labeling Standards reached quorum, on September 8th. After voting on Adoption and IVF Rights and Promotion of Solar Panels ended, Labeling Standards came to vote on September 18. It passed on September 22nd, 2005, with 78% approval, which is tied for the highest percent approval this quarter. This percentage is considerably higher than those of other recent resolutions. This is the 10th resolution passed by a member of the International Democratic Union and the first resolution passed by Antrium.

Resolution Text

UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #123
Labeling Standards
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights Strength: Mild Proposed By: Antrium

SEEING THAT some companies may label their products incorrectly, or misuse words like “fresh“ and “organic“, and also seeing that there is a rising number of people that need to be able to know what is in what they are eating, this proposal imposes the following:

I. If a product is marketed in one or multiple countries that speak different official languages, all labels on the product must be in all official languages of those countries, and must all translate to mean the same thing.

II. Defining “fresh” as “not stale, sour, or decayed” and “not altered by processing,” and defining “organic” as “food produced with the use of feed or fertilizer of plant or animal origin without employment of chemically formulated fertilizers, growth stimulants, antibiotics, or pesticides.” Nothing may be labeled “fresh” or “organic” unless it fits the above definition.

III. All people have the right to know what is in the food they eat. This means all packaged products must be labeled with (if applicable) the ingredients of the product, and nutrition facts, which should include the amount of fat, trans fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, sugars, sodium, protein, vitamins and minerals, and calories in the product. Also, all packaged products must be labeled with the country where the product was grown/made.


Votes For: 11,399
Votes Against: 3,190
Implemented: Thu Sep 22 2005


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