Court Denies COOL Appeal

Some Groups Tell Congress to Get Engaged; Others Tell Lawmakers to Stay Out

Jerry Hagstrom
By  Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
A WTO panel ruled that the U.S. can have a country-of-origin label for meat products, but the current USDA rule forces packers to discriminate against Canadian and Mexican cattle, thus affecting the ability of producers from those countries to market their cattle in the U.S. (DTN file photo)
A WTO panel ruled that the U.S. can have a country-of-origin label for meat products, but the current USDA rule forces packers to discriminate against Canadian and Mexican cattle, thus affecting the ability of producers from those countries to market their cattle in the U.S. (DTN file photo)
A federal appeals court on Friday denied a request from the American Meat Institute and other groups to rehear a motion for preliminary injunction blocking implementation of USDA's final rule on country-of-origin labeling.

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Jerry Hagstrom

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