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Weighing the Impact of COOL
2013-09-13 19:08:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Kansas State University The Sept. 11 ruling by a U.S. district court judge refusing to stop the government from requiring more specific country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat products sold in stores reignites the debate about benefits vs. costs of this mandatory policy. This policy could mean that more information will be available for meat consumers to make purchasing decisions, but it also could lead to economic loss for the U.S. meat industry and its trading partners, remarks Glynn Tonsor, associate professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University. read more
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