USDA Prepares to Break U.S. Cattle Market with Cheaper, Higher Risk Brazilian Imports
Billings, Mont. – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced its proposal to allow the importation of cattle and fresh beef from 14 […]
R-CALF USA Urges USDA to Go Even Further to Modify COOL
In comments supporting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) March 12, 2013 proposal to modify its country of origin labeling (COOL) regulations, R-CALF USA urged the agency to adopt additional modifications the […]
Group Circulates Petitions to Stop Federally-Funded NCBA from Suing to Eliminate COOL
July 11, 2013 Billings, Mont.– Today, R-CALF USA posted petitions on both its Facebook page and on its Website that calls on the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate all contracts […]
USDA Sends New COOL Rule to White House
February 11, 2013 Washington, D.C. – On Friday, February 7, 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the agency’s […]
Proposed COOL Rule Mandates Ag Secretary’s Four-Year-Old Request
Proposed COOL Rule Mandates Ag Secretary’s Four-Year-Old Request March 11, 2013 Billings, Mont. – Four years ago Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sent a letter to food industry representatives signaling to […]
Groups Urge Rejection of Shuanghui’s Acquisition of Smithfield Foods
Washington, D.C. – In preparation for today’s Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the proposal by Chinese-owned Shuanghui International Holdings, Ltd. (Shuanghui) to purchase U.S.-owned Smithfield foods (Smithfield), R-CALF USA and 16 […]
Groups Urge Rejection of Shuanghui’s Acquisition of Smithfield Foods
July 10, 2013 Washington, D.C. – In preparation for today’s Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the proposal by Chinese-owned Shuanghui International Holdings, Ltd. (Shuanghui) to purchase U.S.-owned Smithfield foods (Smithfield), […]
R-CALF USA: COOL Litigation Supported by Producer Checkoff Dollars
July 9, 2013 Billings, Mont. – At least three of the eight plaintiffs that filed a lawsuit July 8 against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) final country of origin […]
More than 35,000 Consumers and Farmers Urge USDA to Protect Country-of-Origin Labels
More than 35,000 Consumers and Farmers Urge USDA to Protect Country-of-Origin Labels Widespread Public Support for USDA Proposed Rule as Comment Period Concludes April 9, 2013 Washington, D.C.—Consumers and farmers […]