Source: Tyne Morgan, AGWEB, 2/5/21


After five years, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) may be back on the table, but it’s far from a done deal. COOL was just one topic brought up this week during Tom Vilsack’s confirmation hearing with the Senate Agriculture Committee. It’s a familiar topic for Vilsack who spent eight years serving as Agriculture Secretary during the Obama Administration. The history of COOL is decades old, but on December 18, 2015, Congress repealed the original COOL law for beef and pork.

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