The final regulation will allow for the safe trade of bovines and bovine products, while still protecting the United States from the introduction of BSE.
A coalition of U.S. and Canadian meat industry groups lost a bid in federal court to temporarily block enforcement of U.S. country-of-origin labeling rules.
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.