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Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA applauds today's introduction by Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) a congressional resolution calling on the rest of Congress to "reinstate County-of-Origin labeling for pork and beef to allow consumers to make an informed and free choice about where their food comes from."
Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) was passed by Congress in 2002 and required retailers to affix labels denoting the country of origin of many food products, including beef. However, COOL was not fully implemented for beef until May of 2013.
Upon its 2013 implementation for beef, the COOL law mandated that the foreign labels on all imported beef be retained through retail sale, meaning all the way to the consumer. It also required all beef from animals slaughtered in the U.S. to be labeled as to where the animal had been born, raised and slaughtered.
"With these two essential provisions, consumers were accurately informed as to which beef originated exclusively in foreign countries, in one or more countries, and which beef was exclusively produced by U.S. cattle farmers and ranchers right here in the United States," said R-CALF USA COOL Committee Chair Mike Schultz.
Schultz said the 2013 implementation of COOL coincided with stronger cattle prices that helped strengthen America's shrinking cattle industry.
https://www.r-calfusa.com/ranch-group-applauds-start-of-congressional-effort-to-reinstate-cool-for-beef/
Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) was passed by Congress in 2002 and required retailers to affix labels denoting the country of origin of many food products, including beef. However, COOL was not fully implemented for beef until May of 2013.
Upon its 2013 implementation for beef, the COOL law mandated that the foreign labels on all imported beef be retained through retail sale, meaning all the way to the consumer. It also required all beef from animals slaughtered in the U.S. to be labeled as to where the animal had been born, raised and slaughtered.
"With these two essential provisions, consumers were accurately informed as to which beef originated exclusively in foreign countries, in one or more countries, and which beef was exclusively produced by U.S. cattle farmers and ranchers right here in the United States," said R-CALF USA COOL Committee Chair Mike Schultz.
Schultz said the 2013 implementation of COOL coincided with stronger cattle prices that helped strengthen America's shrinking cattle industry.
https://www.r-calfusa.com/ranch-group-applauds-start-of-congressional-effort-to-reinstate-cool-for-beef/