Pork producers urge Senate to repeal COOL
July 20, 2015 |05:25 PM
The National Pork Producers Council and 34 state pork-producing organizations today sent letters to all members of the Senate, urging lawmakers to take up legislation to repeal country-of-origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and poultry before Congress takes a month-long recess beginning in early August.
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has proposed a voluntary labeling scheme, but NPPC said in a news release that the groups have “dismissed” that idea.
“At this point, if Congress were to change the labeling law, the WTO would not review such changes,” the organizations said in their letter. “The only thing left for the WTO to do in the case is to determine the level of retaliation that Canada and Mexico can extract from the United States, whose day in court is over.”
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has proposed a voluntary labeling scheme, but NPPC said in a news release that the groups have “dismissed” that idea.
“At this point, if Congress were to change the labeling law, the WTO would not review such changes,” the organizations said in their letter. “The only thing left for the WTO to do in the case is to determine the level of retaliation that Canada and Mexico can extract from the United States, whose day in court is over.”
