Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "Product of USA"

Re:Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "... by batch12 on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:49PM (#30725997)

This seems all about removing the capacity for a consumer to make an informed choice between products. The label 'Product of USA' should have an unambiguous meaning-- especially for food.

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Re:Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "... by metadat on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:52PM (#30726030)

100% agree, it "should" have an unambiguous meaning, and in the ideal world it would.

The reality is, it's highly political. This typically results in somewhat-to-very perverse decision logic at high legalisative levels..

The M-COOL approach will sidestep some of the nonsense.

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Re:Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "... by nickff on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:54PM (#30726065)

>"The label 'Product of USA' should have an unambiguous meaning..."

And what should that meaning be? I don't understand where you think the line should be.

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Re:Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "... by batch12 on Friday March 18, 2022 @03:08PM (#30726243)

Whatever it is, it should be well understood. If that means finished in the USA, fine. If it means cradle to grave within the borders of the US, fine. Right now it means nothing since it isn't clear and is used as a label to drive sales through obscurity.

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