In an article authored for Feed and Grain, Faegre Baker Daniels associate, Todd Langel and FaegreBD Consulting public policy specialist Bradley McKinney explain a final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on May 23, 2013, regarding mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for muscle cut covered commodities.

Langel and McKinney break down the rule—which requires origin designation labels to include information about where each of the production steps occurred—and detail the objections against it by industry stakeholders and trading partners.
 

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