Perdue: USDA considering WTO-compliant COOL rule

The Agriculture Department is considering new rules for labeling meat that would not run afoul of the World Trade Organization, which struck down a previous country-of-origin labeling law, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday. During a House Agriculture Committee hearing on the state of the rural economy, Perdue was asked by Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) about what he called “misleading” labels on imported meat that identify some as American products despite only minor processing or repackaging in the U.S...