AMI joined eight U.S., Canadian and Mexican meat and livestock organizations seeking a Preliminary Injunction against the Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) rule. In the request filed July 25, the groups said that they had a high likelihood of success in their case and that enforcement of the May 2013 rule would cause irreparable harm to the industry and have severe economic impacts that are not in the public interest.
Plaintiffs include the American Association of Meat Processors, Canadian Cattlemen's Association, Canadian Pork Council, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Pork Producers Council, North American Meat Association, Southwest Meat Association and Mexico's National Confederation of Livestock Organizations which joined the lawsuit this week.
The plaintiffs assert that they "are very likely to succeed on the merits and the Final Rule will likely be vacated. But if it is not enjoined in the meantime, the Final Rule will irreparably harm meat-industry participants throughout the country. Plaintiffs are trade organizations that represent regulated entities facing immediate and substantial burdens and costs under the Final Rule."
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