Archive for Country of Origin Labeling
Group Launches “COOLin100” Campaign
Billings, Mont. One of the staunchest supporters of mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for beef, R-CALF USA, is launching a new campaign called “COOLin100.” The campaign calls on the new Trump Administration and new Congress to reinstate COOL for beef and pork during the Trump Administration’s first 100 days…
R-CALF USA Urges Senate Ag Committee to Reject Voluntary COOL
Billings, Mont. – In a letter sent yesterday to the members of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee (Committee) R-CALF USA urged the rejection of any effort to create a voluntary country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law. The Committee is scheduled to consider a bill introduced by Chairman Pat Roberts…
A Dilatory Congress and Indifferent Executive Branch Strip Citizens of their Right to Know the Origins of their Food
Billings, Mont. – Although their deadline for completing and passing the nation’s fiscal year 2016 spending bill expired 79 days ago, today both houses of Congress cheered as the President signed their $1.1 trillion measure, which will now cover only nine and one-half months, the time remaining in the 2016…
R-CALF USA Says Congress Forsakes Consumers and Producers in COOL Repeal
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement in response to Congress’ inclusion of language in the must-pass omnibus spending bill that would repeal country-of- origin labeling (COOL) for beef, pork and ground beef and ground pork: “In the most underhanded way, Congress is depriving all of us of…
R-CALF USA Appeals to Presidential Frontrunners to Defend Mandatory COOL
Billings, Mont. – In what R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard acknowledges is a Hail Mary effort to preserve mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL), today the group overnighted letters to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the current frontrunners in the 2016 presidential race. The letters seek the candidates help in defending mandatory…
R-CALF USA Statement on WTO COOL Ruling
R-CALF USA Statement on WTO COOL Ruling Correction: The WTO award for Canada was in Canadian dollars. The statement below has been corrected by converting Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars. Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement following today’s release of the World Trade Organization’s…
R-CALF USA to President, Congress: Capitulating to the WTO on COOL will Severely Compromise the United States’ Global Standing
In a letter sent today to President Barack Obama and Senate agriculture committee leaders, R-CALF USA provided a plan forward for the U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law. On Monday, December 7, 2015, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is expected to announce the amount of monetary damages the international tribunal…
R-CALF USA: Time for Ag Groups to Stand Up for U.S. Producers by Preserving Mandatory COOL
Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s letter from international and national dairy industry organizations and a corresponding statement issued today by the National Farmers Union (NFU) that urge Congress to pass legislation that would surrender mandatory Country-Of-Origin Labeling (COOL) to…
30-State Salmonella Outbreak from Mexican Cucumbers Heightens Need for Mandatory COOL
Billings, Mont. – In the wake of a 30-state outbreak of Salmonella infections caused by tainted cucumbers imported from Mexico, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is holding a hearing today and tomorrow in Geneva, Switzerland, to decide the fate of the United States’ mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) law….