date:Jul 29, 2015
tion (WTO) held last year that USDAs rule breached a trade agreement because it accords to Canadian and Mexican livestock less favorable treatment than that accorded to like US livestock.
The U.S. government appealed the WTO ruling, but a number of findings were affirmed in May 2015.
The Voluntary Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Act of 2015 would remove certain meats from the labeling program and create a voluntary Product of the U.S. label for beef, chicken, ground meat and pork that come f