Members of a select House-Senate panel called for a potential repeal of the controversial country-of-origin labeling law, which has led to threats of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada. The COOL law, which requires labels on packages of beef, pork, poultry and lamb sold in U.S. stores to carry specific information on the source of the meat, is being challenged by those countries at the World Trade Organization.
At the first negotiating session on a final version of the new $500 billion U.S. farm bill, several lawmakers said COOL should be revised or repealed, in part because of the risk of international sanctions, reports Reuters.