Canadian Ag Minister Says Anything But Full COOL Repeal Will Invite Retaliation

Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has informed the leadership of the Senate Agriculture Committee that anything but a full legislative repeal of the U.S. country of origin labeling (COOL) regime for meat would lead to Canadian retaliation as early as the end of summer. He said this retaliation threat would extend to the legislated “voluntary” labels for retail cuts of beef, pork and poultry, which Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) unveiled as a COOL fix in advance...