date:Sep 12, 2013
suffer irreparable harm if COOL was in effect while the case being decided.
Congress approved COOL in 2002 but it did not become mandatory until March 2009. Consumer groups hailed the labels as part of consumers' right to know the source of their food, while food makers said COOL could disrupt marketing patterns.
Canada and Mexico said the initial U.S. rule discriminated against imported livestock and helped drive down cattle and hog shipments from those countries by as much as 50 percent in