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Article: House approves mandatory COOL delay.
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- Food & Drink Weekly
- Article date:
- June 20, 2005
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The House last week approved a one-year delay for implementation of mandatory country-of-origin labeling. The House voted 408-18 to approve the fiscal year 2006 agriculture appropriations budget bill (H.R. 2744) that pushes back USDA implementation of the program from September 30, 2006, to September 30, 2007. The labeling provision forbids the USDA from spending funds to immediately produce final rules.
The mandatory program is opposed by large meat producers and processors who argue that the costs would exceed any potential marketing benefits. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is one of several organizations pushing for the delay. "By passing this ...