Category: cool

  • Another Round of BSE For Canada

    A tenth case of <a href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2007/2007-05-03-02.asp"><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in Canada has been reported</a>. Why is this of such interest to me? It has ignited the debate on <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> and expanding imports of Canadian cattle into the US.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, introduced legislation today that…

  • Running Scared

    Can you guess who is running scared from <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>? The big Meat packers, <acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym>, good guess but wrong. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>And industry officials say they're ready to put up a fight.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWow, they are really going to fight this. Who…

  • Seven Easy Steps

    R-Calf has a press release out that gives <a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/022807-acol.htm">seven easy steps</a> to implement <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> can immediately implement <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> for beef by:<br />n<br />n *Allowing packers to indicate beef has come…

  • COOL

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/10/news/state/72-labeling.txt" >Rehberg, Baucus work on labeling</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said he is introducing legislation to speed up implementation of country-of-origin labeling of meat, while Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said he expects to be named chairman of the Senate subcommittee with jurisdiction over the issue.<br />n<br />nRehberg's legislation would move the deadline for…

  • Canadian BSE and US Trade

    <a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/06072006/6/n-canada-canada-cows-complicate-seoul-beef-trade-source.html">Canada cows complicate US, Seoul beef trade: source</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea has told the Bush administration it will not resume beef trade until U.S. slaughterhouses segregate Canadian beef products, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea closed its borders to U.S. beef in December 2003 after the first U.S.…