Talk:Food Bill Issues List

Zack Domike said ...

 Several Paragraphs of the Food Bill refer directly to new requirements to adhere to "international agreements." As you point out, those agreements are generated by the multinational corporations for their benefit.

Harriet said ...

 We do need to take action on the above Bill, unless we want to see our sovereign rights dissipate at remarkable speed. All of the above points are entirely valid and give cause for great concern. All of the suggestions of what can be done about it on this page are entirely valid. Take action before it is too late.

kiwi-anna said ...

 Hi buzzybee - great site, lots of really interesting & thought provoking content. I find the violation that food bill 160-2 poses to food sovereignty an interesting area of discussion. As you state above, it is our basic human right to define our own food systems rather than have them dictated to us by the government. It certainly seems as though the food bill paves the way for the NZ food supply to be largely subject to international market forces. Can we use the violation of human rights as a means to oppose the bill? This could be a good way to make members of parliament think twice about voting for the bill when the time comes.

Marta said ...

 Unfortunately petitions are non-binding for the government. Referendum might be a better way to go to guarantee results. There are a couple of other options, too. Writing letters is nice, but does not have legal clout.

Frances Potter said ...
 PLEASE fix up the typos in this page. They spoil the presentation and detract from the impact of an otherwise excellent resource. Two I have just found: the word "partition" in bold at the very top in the header paragraph should be "petition". The word "suite" appears somewhere also (can't find it again now) - this word should be "suit". If I find any more I will let you know. GREAT PAGE!!

Buzzy Bee said ...
 Francis - thanks for pointing out those typos - now corrected. Keep them coming!

Bernadette said ...
 Hi, awesome site, great issues page - however i thought GM crops are now being grown in NZ, especially in the hawkes bay area? I noticed flyers in a local shop similar to the printable version posted on this site - they were two sided, one side was black? Where can I either obtain a digital version like that one, to print and pop into letterboxes, or can someone post me a bunch? Thanks!

Nina Larisch-Haider said ...
 MAF and the Minister for Food Safety Kate Wilkinson have send letters to nearly every household in Wellington, telling us that the food bill is absolutely great and we have nothing to fear. This is an attempt to calm down everybody and to forget what the bill really means: MORE  CONTROL  of the population  and the beginning of something even bigger! They don't speak from the Codex Alimentarius at all!!!

Kiwianna said ...
 Hi Bernadette! Thanks for your comments. My understanding is that GM crops are only authorised to be grown within controlled facilities (e.g. Ruakura Agriculture Research Centre) and they are not allowed to grow GM crops for sale in NZ. However, this does not stop them from importing GM ingredients to use within NZ food production. We are working on a new flyer for widespread distribution. Please email me at kiwianna@foodbill.org.nz for more info. Cheers!

Sophia said ...
 Clause 71 to 74 disturb me. Basically they are saying that they can impose national programmes,if they differ from the Act the programmes will take precedence. So once its passed they can impose what they like. Clause 74 states that you cant decide its invalid or call it into question merely because you doubt the impartiality of the Minister, CEO, authority or food safety officers. So basically its illegal to even criticise them.

G. Orwell. said ...
 I would just like to point out that the Green party will not save anyone on this issue. They have made comments against the bill.But they support all of the structure within which this legislation was born and is contained. IE:- Sustainable development, which is a part of the UN's agenda 21 of which CODEX is a part of. So to anyone aware of the structure of this system their dissenting comments are laughable and absurd. Stop paying you're taxes, rates, turn off the TV as it is all preconditioning propaganda and crap, and organize stop work days. Direct non violent action where it hurts is the only way this can be stopped. Some good reading here on the communitarian global corporate fascist soviet style future that awaits very soon if we don't ACT NOW. http://www.postsustainabilityinstitute.org/

G. Orwell. said ...
 Some more info here on CODEX. http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?page_id=155

Because this is "Global" legislation doesn't it undermine and circumvent NZs sovereignty? Therefore making it illegitimate anyway? We didn't vote for it, we have no say, globalist technocrats implement it, and yet people still look to these local whore politicians to fix something!?

Pete said ...
 Well done for this page. I got a reply from the Green Party but they are only looking into requesting a minimal set of changes to the bill. I hope they can still change their mind and decide to look into all issues outlined above in the table.

G. Orwell. said ...
 Why no mention of the fact that this is part of the UN's agenda 21? If we know what the root problem is we can stop it. IT IS THE UN.

G. Orwell. said ...
 Last post. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spoucYXa3-A

Nikki said ...
 Isn't it time for the people to self govern like the Swiss have been doing for about 150 years? Via binding referenda?????? From local council all the way up to the top!!