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UK MPs propose food standards amendment to Ag Bill

By News Desk on March 15, 2020

A parliamentary committee in the United Kingdom has put forward an amendment to the Agriculture Bill to protect food standards.

Members of the cross-party Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee made the move after…
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New U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal maintains status quo on food safety

By Dan Flynn on October 2, 2018

The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement, USMCA contains food safety provisions not unlike the North American Free Trade Agreement it seeks to replace, but not the kind of changes some wanted.

Fulfilling one of President Donald J. Trump’s…
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The UK, as part of the EU, does not accept hormone-treated beef. This may change after Brexit.

Post-Brexit food safety under scrutiny by CIEH and FRC

By News Desk on September 8, 2018

Food standards and safety after the United Kingdom exits the European Union next year have been put under the spotlight again by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and Food Research Collaboration.

The Chartered Institute…
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WTO Authorizes $1 Billion in Retaliatory Tariffs Against COOL

By Lydia Zuraw on December 8, 2015

map-North-America_406x250The World Trade Organization (WTO) has authorized Canada and Mexico to charge the U.S. $1 billion in retaliatory tariffs for country-of-origin labeling (COOL) on meat. Last spring, WTO rejected a U.S. appeal of its decision…
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Food Safety Groups Oppose Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership

By Lydia Zuraw on November 10, 2015

Pacific-map_406x250The full text of the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (TPP) was released last week, and after initial reviews of the proposed treaty, concerns raised by food safety advocates during the negotiations have not been mollified. Debbie…
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USTR Tells WTO That COOL Damages Are Much Lower Than Estimated

By Lydia Zuraw on August 6, 2015

COOLabel_406x250Last week, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) filed a legal brief in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute over mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL), arguing that the $3 billion sought by Canada and Mexico in…
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Senators Introduce Bill for Voluntary COOL Label

By News Desk on July 24, 2015

MeatLabelingMainSenators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced a bill Thursday that would remove certain meats from the mandatory country-of-origin (COOL) labeling program and institute a voluntary label instead. In May, the World Trade…
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Senate Agriculture Committee Mulls Options on COOL

By Lydia Zuraw on June 26, 2015

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing Thursday to discuss country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat, which requires that packages sold in the U.S. indicate the country, or countries, where animals were born, raised and slaughtered.
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House Votes to Repeal Country-of-Origin Labeling for Meat

By Lydia Zuraw on June 11, 2015

The House of Representatives has voted to repeal country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for beef, pork, and chicken. Texas Republican Rep. Michael Conaway’s Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 passed late Wednesday night by a…
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Presidential Task Force Releases Seafood Fraud Final Action Plan

By News Desk on March 16, 2015

fishfraud_406The Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud has released its final action plan for implementing the 15 recommendations issued in December. The plan, unveiled Sunday at the…
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