WGA/2/10
Sponsored by Evelyn Wang, Olivia Wallace, Miranova Yoneyama, Marly Mallory of Franklin High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Netherlands.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Acknowledging that the second UN Sustainable Development Goal aims to provide people with |
| 2 | regular access to safe and nutritious food, |
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| 4 | Realizing that there are currently a large number of known and potential carcinogenic additives in |
| 5 | processed food, |
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| 7 | Understanding the adverse effects of ingesting carcinogenic additives include higher risks of |
| 8 | cancer, links to obesity, and interference with growth hormones and development, |
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| 10 | Emphasizing that the UN has already identified food to be a priority area for consumer health and |
| 11 | the Codex Alimentarius to be the point of reference regarding food guidelines in resolution 39/248, |
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| 13 | Conscious that the European Food Safety Authority has implemented stricter regulations on |
| 14 | additives in the European Commission’s General Food Law than the current Codex Alimentarius, |
| 15 | We the Delegation of Netherlands 2 Hereby: |
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| 17 | Requests that the Codex Alimentarius prohibit known and potential carcinogenic additives from |
| 18 | being used in processed foods; |
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| 20 | Recognizes all additives that are found to be harmful or potentially harmful in the future be added |
| 21 | to the amendment as additives that cannot be used in processed foods; |
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| 23 | Calls upon the member states to adopt these guidelines; |
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| 25 | Encourages countries to perform annual inspections and audits to ensure that processed food |
| 26 | remains safe for all people; |
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| 28 | Urges nations to impose punishments for violations such as fines and product recalls in order to |
| 29 | uphold the policy; |
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| 31 | Recommends that foods with deceptive marketing regarding their ingredients should face stricter |
| 32 | legal measures, potentially including criminal prosecution; |
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| 34 | Endorses that repeated violations of food safety regulations should be met with suspension or |
| 35 | revocation of licenses of those food establishments or manufacturers to operate until they |
| 36 | demonstrate compliance. |
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