More Americans checking COOL labels

[Oldtimer]

Market Trends
Poll shows more Americans checking COOL labels

By Tom Johnston on 9/24/2007 for Meatingplace.com


More Americans are checking product and food labels after the proliferation of scares associated with Chinese imports, according to a survey conducted by the Sacred Heart University Polling Institute.

Nearly 69 percent of the 1,000 Americans polled indicated they check labels for nation of origin, up from 53 percent a year ago, the institute said.

Furthermore, 86 percent agreed with a statement calling for suspension of Chinese imports until China meets U.S. product and food-safety standards.

Meantime, 87 percent indicated they have confidence in American-made and distributed products and food.

But fewer than half of Americans surveyed (47 percent) agreed that the United States is doing a good job ensuring imports meet set safety and quality standards.

"It's not surprising that Americans are clearly very concerned about food imported from other countries," Dr. Balbir Bhasin, a professor of international business at Sacred Heart, said in a press release. "The government clearly needs to do more to protect the consumer for poor quality imports, especially meats, fish and dairy products. Labels and expiration dates alone do not suffice."

 

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Senators Back COOL



KTIC 840 Rural Radio - Nebraska

September 27, 2007



30 members of the U.S. Senate have signed a letter sent to the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee urging him to include compromise language on Country of Origin Labeling in the farm bill. According to Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, - it’s time for congressional intervention to ensure the long-awaited implementation of mandatory COOL. Grassley feels - the consensus represents a reasonable compromise and finally clears the way to timely and reasonable implementation.



The compromise language establishes three labeling options for meat. It would also allow ground meat to be labeled with a narrative list of counties, but doesn’t require percentages. Finally, it would provide verification of origin through existing documentation, like animal health papers, import customs documents, normal business records, or producer affidavits.



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[skcatlman]

OT japanese samuri has double edge swords and used them the committ suicide . I hope you guys realize m-cool is a double edged sword as well. But hey, do what you want , you do it any ways but just don't complain when this blows up in your collective face. Just waiting for you guys to trip while running around waving this double egded sword.