date:May 27, 2013
abeling changes. Canada alone is set to impose retaliatory tariffs costing U.S. producers more than $1 billion a year.
USDA remains confident that these changes will improve the overall operation of the program and also bring the mandatory COOL requirements into compliance with U.S. international trade obligations, said Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
According to USDA, the final rule modifies the labeling provisions for muscle-cut covered commodities to require the origin designations t