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 know information on their food’s origin. The ruling will require the U.S. to amend its
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Vilsack: Trade Barriers Against U.S. Food on the Rise
By Helena Bottemiller on
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 and phytosanitary barriers we have had to deal with has increased from roughly 650 to…
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