A proposal for country-of-origin labeling set to be added to the House version of the 2007 farm bill is more "workable" than the original law, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns told Dow Jones.
"We have only begun to look at this, but I would say…it seems that this is a better approach."
The measure creates three categories of labeling: one that indicates product was born, raised and slaughtered in the United States; one that indicates product was not exclusively born, raised and slaughtered in the U.S.; and one that includes products entirely derived from foreign countries. Ground meat product can be labeled with a list of countries where product may have originated.
American Meat Institute President J. Patrick Boyle said last week he believes the proposal may "address problems associated with the 2002 COOL mandate."
By John Gregerson on Monday, July 30, 2007 For Meatingplace.com