Mandatory Meat COOL Now What?
For the fourth time in the last three years, the WTO has rejected regulations implementing the meat mandatory country of origin law (COOL) passed by the U.S. Co...
Livestock, Animal Agriculture, Protein
Tracing Origin of U.S. Beef for the Chinese Market
When a case of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) was discovered in the U.S. cattle herd in December 2003, China along with about a hundred other countries ...
U.S. Meat Exports to the EU under the TTIP
The U.S. and the EU have been negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade agreement for the past two years. With two developed ...
Its Time to COOL Down and Uphold the U.S. Trade Obligations
Nobody ever wins a trade war, but the protectionists always want to try.
Their latest act of stubbornness will force American consumers to pay more at the gr...
Argentine Beef Imports to the U.S.
On August 28, 2014 the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of USDA opened a 60-day comment period on a proposed rule to allow fresh beef imports ...
Sustainability of Conventional U.S. Beef
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has identified five global principles for defining sustainable beef and sustainable beef production practices natur...
COOL Needs to Go in a Different Direction
For the second time in two years, the WTO has rejected USDAs efforts to implement the Congressionally mandated country of origin labeling (COOL) for meat. The...
China Seeks More Imported Beef
At the recent World Meat Congress in Beijing, China, Chinese government officials acknowledged a shortage of about 1 million metric tons (MMT) of beef per year....
McDonalds and Sustainable Beef
McDonalds fast food restaurants shook up the meat industry worldwide in January when it announced plans to begin purchasing sustainable beef in 2016. By its...
Russian Policies Promote Domestic Meat Production
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that further efforts would be made by the government to i...