NationStates Jolt Archive

Resolution Name: Potentially Dangerous Food Act
Category: Social Justice
Strength: Mild
Proposed By: Adam Island

Recalling UN Resolution #77: Epidemic Prevention Protocol (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=UN_past_resolutions/start=76); and

Whereas: Large quantities of food cross international borders every day; and

Whereas: Occasionally food will be found to be contaminated with disease, often prompting a recall; and

Whereas: There is currently no large international mechanism to notify nations and citizens of food recalls and disease; and

Whereas: Nations need this information to prevent the spread of disease and death;

We resolve that the United Nations create the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, (UN FAO) which will operate under the following circumstances:

ARTICLE I – Definition of ‘potentially dangerous food’
A food becomes classified as ‘dangerous food’ if it fits one or more of the following conditions:

A) A government, corporation, organization, group or individual recalls the food or parts of the food.
B) Criminal or civil action regarding the safety of the food is filed.
C) The food is shown to be unfit for consumption.


ARTICLE II - Action
When a brand or type of food that has been exported or imported to or from other nations that is 'potentially dangerous'
or a brand or type of food that was created, processed or stored by the same entities or in the same areas as exported or imported food that is 'potentially dangerous'
the nation(s) in which this food first fell under the classification of ‘potentially dangerous’ shall notify the UN FAO of the specifics of the case, and the UN FAO shall make this information available to the public.


ARTICLE III – Clarifications
A) The classification ‘potentially dangerous’ should not be construed to imply that the food is necessarily in fact dangerous, it is only meant to call attention to questions of its safety.
B) The notifications to and from the UN FAO does not mandate any specific notification mechanism, and should not be construed to mandate any specific forum, telegram, in-game or out-of-game activity.
C) This resolution does not require or forbid any further actions by any government or non-governmenl entities regarding any or all ‘potentially dangerous foods,’ other than the notification.

A) A government, corporation, organization, group or individual recalls the food or parts of the food.
B) Criminal or civil action regarding the safety of the food is filed.
C) The food is shown to be unfit for consumption.
With these three criteria, I, by myself, with this phone here on my desk, shut down all international food imports and exports out of pure capriciousness. I can cause great expense and effort with frivolous claims and false accusations, causing my enemies to starve. They, of course, can do the same to me and my nation.

This is a good idea with international scope, but we're going to need to work on the reporting and implementation side quite a bit before it's (pardon the phrase) "fit for consumption".

With these three criteria, I, by myself, with this phone here on my desk, shut down all international food imports and exports out of pure capriciousness. I can cause great expense and effort with frivolous claims and false accusations, causing my enemies to starve. They, of course, can do the same to me and my nation.

Well, its meant to cover actual recalls rather than merely third-party announcements of fake recalls. And you could only shut down all international food imports and exports if every nation in the world decided to act on the information the UN FAO made avaliable by banning trade of those products.

This is a good idea with international scope, but we're going to need to work on the reporting and implementation side quite a bit before it's (pardon the phrase) "fit for consumption".

Probably very true. Does anyone have some suggestions?

I'll look more carefully at the "meat" of your proposal, but the idea itself is refreshingly new! :) I like this idea and think you should continue. Naturally once you are comfortable with a draft, if the timing is good (i.e. not a weekend), I'd like to help in the telegramming campaign.

Studies actually show that meat enriched with Uranium, Carbon 14 and mercury has very positive growth effects on children :D

Seriously though...yes, the idea is right, original as far as I know...you might want to check the stickies if you have not already...

Though one thing in your proposal made me laugh...the fact that food is not dangerous, it's potentially dangerous. See, if I go to the store to buy Cancer-O's and see on the box that it may cause irregular growths, I am likely to stay the hell away from it, even though I am not necessarily going to feel the negative reprecussions.