AFFI and its coalition partners are seeking the enactment of federal legislation that creates a voluntary program to evaluate food labels that claim the presence, or absence, of genetically-enhanced ingredients.
As part of a lawsuit seeking to block implementation of COOL, nine organizations asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to grant a preliminary injunction.
In their complaint, the organizations explained that the final rule violates the United States Constitution by compelling speech in the form of costly and detailed labels on meat products.
Canada announced plans to impose tariffs on a list of U.S. products in retaliation for the COOL (country-of-origin labeling) requirement for meat products.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service today issued a Final Rule to modify the labeling provisions for the mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) program.