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Meat groups debate whether NAFTA should reinstate country-of-origin labeling

June 27, 2017 at 5:05 PM
Meat groups are debating whether the North American Free Trade Agreement should reinstitute a mandatory country-of-origin labeling law that would apply to beef and pork, with the fight playing out at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s June 27 hearing on the NAFTA renegotiation. The North American Meat Institute and National Cattlemen’s Association oppose mandatory COOL rules in NAFA, while R-CALF and the U.S. Cattlemen’s Beef Association argue that NAFTA should be a vehicle for a reinstatement of COOL...

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