New U.S. COOL rule survives challenge by meat packers
date:Sep 12, 2013
pute.

We are going to be faithful to the rule, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told a farm delegation early this week. It's a battle we are going to continue to fight.

The current WTO challenge will not be resolved until 2015, Vilsack said, because of procedural time frames and likely appeals of preliminary rulings.

The meat packers' lawsuit against COOL remains alive although Jackson rejected the request for a preliminary injunction. The judge said the industry failed to show it would
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