WASHINGTON—A meat labelling law repealed three years ago may be making a comeback as some lawmakers call for it to be added to the proposed trade pact designed to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement. Lawmakers of both parties who had opposed the mandatory labelling cited the tariff threat and got repeal language into the fiscal 2016 omnibus spending package. A final NAFTA package must restore the Country of Origin labelling (COOL) passed by Congress and affirmed by U.S. courts,” the letter said. Meat packers said they incurred additional costs in paperwork to track products from the imported animals and in keeping those products segregated from meat products from domestically raised livestock. The U.S. kept mandatory labelling requirements for chicken, lamb, goat, farm-raised and wild-caught fish and shellfish, perishable agricultural commodities, peanuts, pecans, macadamia nuts and ginseng.

Source: thestar July 03, 2019 14:03 UTC