Group Responds to Latest Round of NCBA’s False Claims
Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – The below statement can be attributed to R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard: “I don’t recall ever meeting the […]
Group Reflects on How It Helped Strengthen BSE Disease Safeguards for U.S. Consumers and Cattlemen
For Immediate Release: July 19, 2017 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In the wake of the discovery of a cow in Alabama infected […]
Why and How Mandatory COOL Should Be Reinstated Through the NAFTA Renegotiations
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Congress passed the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) law in 2002 to provide consumers with information as to the origins of their food. However, it was not […]
R-CALF USA Launches Public Petition to Ban Brazilian Beef Until COOL Is Reinstated
Billings, Mont. – In a public We the People petition launched yesterday and promoted on its Website, Facebook and Twitter pages, R-CALF USA seeks 100,000 signatures during the next 30 days […]
R-CALF USA Statement on Renewed Beef Access to China
Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement following the Financial Times report that President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping reached an agreement over […]
Colorado Democrats Defeat Effort to Reinstate COOL
Denver, Colo. – Yesterday, the Democratic leadership of the Colorado General Assembly’s House Agriculture, Livestock & Natural Resources Committee, Chair Jeni James Arndt and Vice-chair Diane Mitsch Bush, led the […]
Brazil Meat Scandal Fuels Calls for U.S. Ban on Brazilian Raw Beef By Reuters
Brazil Meat Scandal Fuels Calls for U.S. Ban on Brazilian Raw Beef By Reuters March 28, 2017 A cadre of U.S. lawmakers and food safety advocates are pressuring the federal […]
USITC Report Predicts Exceedingly Small Benefits for U.S. Beef Packers While Failing to Address Impacts to the U.S. Cattle Supply Chain
Billings, Mont. – Today the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued findings from its investigation into the likely impacts the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement will have on […]
R-CALF USA Responds to Dubious TPP Testimony and NCBA Jabs
Billings, Mont. – During a formal hearing held recently by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), representatives of the world’s largest multinational meatpackers praised the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free […]