The federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the Agriculture Department’s meat labeling rules, delivering the latest in a series of blows to industry groups that oppose the regulations as needlessly burdensome.
Upholding previous rulings, the court let stand the department's country-of-origin labeling (COOL) requirements for cuts of meat.
The regulations could still face obstacles before the World Trade Organization (WTO), which has been weighing whether the regulations comply with international standards.
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