Rules that require more information on meat labels may be on the outs.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack seemed to signal for the first time Friday that the rules are not compliant with World Trade Organization standards and must be fixed.
“We’ve done a 360-degree look and I can tell you that we do not think there’s a regulatory fix that would allow us to be consistent with the law, which I’ve sworn to uphold, and to satisfy the WTO,” Vilsack said.
Country of Origin Labeling, or COOL, rules force retailers and meatpackers to detail where the livestock from which the meat came was born, raised and slaughtered.
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