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Country-of-Origin Food Labeling (COOL)
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October 2003
Federal Government
Congressional Hearings
House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture
MANDATORY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING Subcommittee on Livestock and
Horticulture Wednesday, October 1, 2003, Testimony by:
Mr.
Jerry M. Place, President, Western Nut Company, Inc., Salt Lake
City, UT, on behalf of the Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association,
Snack Food Association, National Confectioners Association, and
American Peanut Product Manufacturers, Inc.
Mr.
Mike Stuart, President, Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association,
Orlando, FL
Mr.
John McClung, President, Texas Produce Association, Mission,
TX
Mr.
John Connelly, President, National Fisheries Institute, Arlington,
VA
Mr.
Hugh Warren, Executive Vice President, Catfish Farmers of America,
Indianola, MS
Mr.
Gary Jay Kushner, Counsel, Grocery Manufacturers of America,
Washington, DC
Mr.
R. Kurt Buckman, Director of Quality Systems Management, Birds Eye
Foods, Rochester, NY, on behalf of National Food Processors
Association
US DEpartment of Agriculture
Country
of Origin Labeling 2002 Farm Bill Provisions
Establishment
of Guidelines for the Interim Voluntary Country of Origin Labeling
of Beef, Lamb, Pork, Fish, Perishable Agricultural Commodities,
and Peanuts Under the Authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946 (Oct 11, 2002)
Submissions
Canada
Trade Policy Monitoring The Impact of Country-Of-Origin Labeling
in Canada 2003 Date: 1/8/2003
USDA – ERS
Country
of Origin Labeling: Examples of records that may be useful for COOL
verification purposes
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Country
of Origin Labeling
The
Economics of Food Labeling By Elise Golan, Fred Kuchler, Lorraine
Mitchell, Cathy Greene, Jessup Amber ERS Elsewhere No. 0112, June
2001
General Accounting Office
Country-Of-Origin
Labeling: Opportunities for USDA and Industry to Implement Challenging
Aspects of the New Law
Country-of-Origin
Labeling for Certain Foods - Survey Results
(GAO-03-781SP)
Beef
and Lamb: Implications of Labeling by Country of Origin, GAO/RCED-00-44
(Washington, D.C.: Jan. 27, 2000).
Fresh
Produce: Potential Consequences of Country of-Origin Labeling,
GAO/RCED-99-112 (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 21, 1999).
Nongovernment Organizations
National Pork Producers Council
Impact of Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling on U.S. Pork Exports
Dermot J. Hayes and Steve R. Meyer
Country
of Origin Labeling.org
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Colorado
State University
“Country
of Origin Labeling of Beef Products: U.S. Consumers’ Perceptions,”
Wendy J. Umberger, Dillon M. Feuz, Chris R. Calkins and Bethany
M. Sitz, Presented at the 2003 FAMPS Conference: “Emerging
Roles For Food Labels: Inform, Protect, Persuade,” Washington,
DC, March 20-21, 2003
National Public Policy Committee
Lubben, Simons, Bills, Meyer and Novak. “The
2002 Farm Bill: U.S. Producer Preferences for Agricultural, Food,
and Public Policy.” National Public Policy Committee Publication
2001-02. Sept., 2001 at 26.
National Farmers Union
COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN
LABELING: INFORMING AMERICA’S CONSUMERS- Background
NC State University
Food
from our Changing World: The Globalization of Food and How Americans
Feel About It
Sparks/CBW Consortium
COOL
Cost Assessment: Prepared by the Sparks/CBW Consortium,”
Sparks Companies, Inc., April 2003.
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural
Science
John Van Sickle et al., “Country
of Origin Labeling: A Legal and Economic Analysis.” University
of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, May 2003.
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