The United States was involved in four of five issues raised at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting earlier this month.
The Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures meeting on Nov. 1-2 covered five
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FAO helps Belarus review industry, government food safety systems
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are working to help improve the food safety system in Belarus.
Governmental representatives met for five days of talks in Minsk earlier this month to conclude
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Petition seeks to change rules for ‘Product of USA’ meat labels
Country of origin labeling for meat once involved lofty policy debates in Congress and international bodies like the World Trade Organization.
Now two influential groups have decided it would help domestic producers and consumers alike
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Country-of-origin labeling has no place in NAFTA 2.0
In public policy, as in life, learning from past mistakes is a cardinal rule for success. That is why it was disappointing to see Thomas Gremillion from the Consumer Federation of America advocate for the
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Americans have a right to know: Where’s the beef — from?
This week marks the beginning of formal talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, an agreement President Donald Trump has called the “worst deal in history.” To make it a better deal, his
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France begins 2-year test for county-of-origin labeling
A two-year trial period for mandatory country-of-origin labeling is getting underway in France, but it’s not as likely to conflict with international trade rules as the U.S. COOL program did in recent years because it’s
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WTO Authorizes $1 Billion in Retaliatory Tariffs Against COOL
The 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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Senators Ask Leaders to Repeal COOL Law on Meat to Avoid Retaliatory Tariffs
Five U.S. senators from three states, all Democrats, have let the leadership know that county-of-origin (COOL) meat labeling is not worth a trade war with Canada and Mexico. Led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the
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USTR Tells WTO That COOL Damages Are Much Lower Than Estimated
Last 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
Senators 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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More Food Safety Issues Popping Up on WTO Committee Agenda
China, Costa Rica, and the European Union earlier this month put new food safety-related issues on the agenda at the World Trade Organization’s Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures. China told the SPS
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