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AUC chief urges focus to mitigate aflatoxin impact in Africa

By News Desk on October 12, 2018

The head of the African Union Commission (AUC) has urged countries in the region to tackle the impact of aflatoxins.

Moussa Faki Mahamat made the comments at the opening of the third Partnership for Aflatoxin…
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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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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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WTO Rules Against Mandatory COOL for Meat

By James Andrews on July 2, 2012

The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization on Friday ruled that U.S. country-of-origin labeling laws (COOL) discriminated against meat importers such as Canada and Mexico, but that U.S. consumers also have the right to…
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Vilsack: Trade Barriers Against U.S. Food on the Rise

By Helena Bottemiller on February 29, 2012

The number of food safety and plant health trade barriers plaguing U.S. agricultural exports is way up, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told a congressional committee recently.

“In the last 10 years, the number of sanitary…

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