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A proposal for country-of-origin labeling set to be added
to the House version of the 2007 farm bill is more "workable"
than the original law, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns
told Dow Jones.
"We have only begun to look at this, but I would say…it
seems that this is a better approach."
The measure creates three categories of labeling: one that
indicates product was born, raised and slaughtered in the
United States; one that indicates product was not exclusively
born, raised and slaughtered in the U.S.; and one that includes
products entirely derived from foreign countries. Ground
meat product can be labeled with a list of countries where
product may have originated.
American Meat Institute President J. Patrick Boyle said
last week he believes the proposal may "address problems
associated with the 2002 COOL mandate."
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