Advocacy Organizations Urge Preservation of COOL During Appropriations Mark Up
The Senate Appropriations Committee leadership should resist expected Senate attempts to weaken country-of-origin labeling (COOL) regulations during mark up of Agriculture appropriations legislation on May 20, said more than 170 environmental, labor and other advocacy organizations. The organizations urged Committee…
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Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and ranking member Richard Shelby, R-Ala., to prevent any legislative changes to COOL, claiming the regulations protect consumers. “There is no need to halt enforcement of COOL. Congress intended to maintain the current COOL labels when it refused to accept a provision that would have hamstrung COOL as part of the 2014 Farm Bill,” said the letter. “We ask that you follow the leadership of the Senate Agriculture Committee in opposing any changes to COOL at this juncture.” The COOL law is currently being challenged at the World Trade Organization by Canada and Mexico. COOL opponents claim the retention of the law in the Farm Bill will encourage retaliation (see 14012930).