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Thanks to a label that reads “Product of the USA,” consumers have been able to find out a package of steaks or pork chops in the freezer section at their local grocery store came from America. But soon meat lovers will be hard-pressed to figure out whether the animals on their dinner plates were raised and slaughtered—in the States or halfway around the world.

The country-of-origin labeling rule, known as COOL, was repealed under the federal spending bill passed Friday by Congress, The Wall Street Journal reports. President Barack Obama added his signature to the bill as well.

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The decision to repeal COOL comes on the heels of a ruling from the World Trade Organization that found the labels discriminate against meat raised and slaughtered in countries other than the U.S. Earlier this month, the WTO allowed Mexico and Canada—America’s top ag partners—to impose more than $1 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation if the labels were not removed.

Fear that those tariffs could extend to American products outside the meat industry—including jewelry, furniture, and mattresses—put pressure on Congress to repeal COOL.

 
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Mexican and Canadian cattle and hog producers are celebrating the move, as they say the label has greatly impacted their business, but it’s not only their products that will now be in grocery-store meat coolers. America could also see an influx of imports from Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil.

Brazil had an outbreak of mad cow disease as recently as 2014, and it has problems with hoof-and-mouth disease. The nation’s cattle industry was also a major driver of deforestation, although it has recently made strides to raise cattle without destroying the Amazon.

 

All meat will still undergo inspection by the USDA before it heads into grocery stores, but advocates for food labeling say that eliminating COOL is much like removing ingredient labels and that American consumers want this information. A 2013 study found that 90 percent of Americans supported country-of-origin information on their meat products.

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/12/20/country-origin-meat?cmpid=tp-ptnr-huffpost&utm_source=huffpost&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=tp-traffic

 



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Canada and Mexico, but not China? How soon will we be getting mystery meat from China?

 

 



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The removal of the Country of origin labels is one of the worst laws ever.

The whole intent of the law is to keep Americans from buying American raised meats and/or products.

And, yes, the risk of diseases coming in has just risen astronomically. Very little imported meat is actually inspected.

The spineless wonders of the liberals has struck again. They always cave to foreign markets. no



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I hate that law. How can they say we have no right to know where our food comes from. Is that even legal

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Lindley wrote:

I hate that law. How can they say we have no right to know where our food comes from. Is that even legal

 You need to understand that food laws are not about American consumers and what is best for us, they are about money.  Period. 

 

Now, STATES can regulate stuff that is sold in their states, so you need to start bugging state lawmakers to make changes to their laws.



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I know where mine comes from.

Mine comes from the butcher literally just up the road who gets all his from the farms in the tricounty area.

If I wanted to, I could go pick out the animal from the farm.

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They wouldnt want us to discriminate. Sounds like more ridiculous liberalism.

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Well, I'd prefer to buy meat from Europe, mad cow disease be damned.

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We buy a cow at the county fair and have it butchered.

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It was part of the spending bill that was approved but back in June it was a Republican bill.

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