Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture and state.

Accounting.

Farms.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (46 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-RS-22955c in the 2012 issue.

Provides brief overview of country-of-origin food labeling (COOL) requirements, key provisions, and USDA administrative enforcement and audits. Discusses Canadian and Mexican use of World Trade Organization (WTO) trade dispute resolution process to challenge COOL requirements for meat products, and presents WTO findings. Considers options to bring COOL into compliance, and addresses Congressional interest.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling

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