Abolition Of Deceptive Food Labeling
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
Category: Regulation | Area of Effect: Consumer Protection
The World Assembly,
Expressing concern on deceptive marketing practices performed by wide-scale food manufacturers.
a. More specifically worried about, the intentional mislabeling of food products to encourage or otherwise trick one to purchase said food products for its potential benefits.
Believing a consumer has the right to know whether or not a product in which they are purchasing has certain false pieces of information on the label, that may influence that consumers decision.
Highlighting the fact that some member-nations completely unregulate false advertising on labels and
Deeply disturbed by potential long or short-term health risks one may contract due to this deceptive marketing.
Hereby,
1.Mandates member-nations to screen products deemed as having blatantly misleading labels.
a.Defines a ‘misleading label’ as an informational segment on a product (in this case, food) that lies or uses words that trick the consumer into a false belief that improves the chances of that consumer of purchasing said product.
b.Demands that these misleading labels be sent to the FLRC for judgment regarding false truths on labels.
2.Establishes the Food Label Regulatory Committee within the World Assembly Food and Drug Regulatory Agency (WAFDRA) as founded by GA#64.
a. Further empowers the FLRC to judge whether or not a label is misleading.
b. Authorizes FLRC to demand fines to businesses that practice false advertising on their labels in WA member-nations.
3.Takes note of small-scale local food operations/vendors and others selling de minimis amount of product, whereas these small businesses are exempted from FLRC approval.
a. Defines ‘de minimis’ as a product whereas the manufacturer only receives the annual sales of 25% or lower of the food industry standard.
4. Instructing member-nations to only permit official FLRC sanctioned scientific and species names on meat, fish, seafood, and other alternatives.
a. Prohibits member-nations from allowing mislabeled fish or seafood as a purchasable good in the market.
5. Urges upon member-nations to add extra safeguards against deceptive marketing tactics. More specifically, the intentional mislabeling of food products.
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