To fix WTO labeling issue, Congress must pass voluntary COOL

The World Trade Organization (WTO) delivered a major setback to American consumers and producers earlier this year when it ruled against the U.S. Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) law, which requires muscle cuts of meat, and some fruits and vegetables, to be labeled with the country’s name where it was produced. The good news is that the U.S. can both maintain the integrity of this label and at the same time comply with our WTO obligations with one quick fix. That fix – voluntary COOL - has already been introduced in the U.S. Senate.

This has been excerpted from a 3 December 2015 news item by The Hill and is available in its entirety at: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/261858-to-fix-wto-labeling-issue-congress-must-pass-voluntary