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I've been trying to read more about cool. I found a site that presents the different sides is very interesting, it's the government testimony-hearings.

http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/ag/hag10615.000/hag10615_0.htm

Some remarks that I've found interesting so far include:

But, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, what is missing? What is missing is that it doesn't tell us where the meat came from, and, today, we are importing meat from as far away as Croatia and Korea, New Zealand. Twenty-two percent of our beef that we are eating unknowingly—picking up one out of ever five pieces of meat that we eat unknowingly has come from a foreign country, and we have believed in the American USDA stamp of approval, but the fact is that USDA has inspected less than 1 percent of the foreign meat. They inspect the facilities overseas, but the meat coming into this country, less than 1 percent of it is inspected. Today, 40 percent of the lamb that we are eating comes from foreign countries, and I think about 2 percent of the pork that is coming in.
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And America is sort of behind the 8-ball when it comes to country-of-origin meat labeling, because there are exactly 32 other countries that already require country-of-origin meat labeling, including Argentina, Brazil, Bosnia, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, the Arab countries, Venezuela, and I could go on and on, Mr. Chairman, but this is an issue that—how can you put the cost on the value of a child's life when it comes to being able to trace back and make sure that we know the origin of any disease, and if there is a disease problem in another country, the American consumer wants to be able to go to the meat counter and know for sure that she has purchased American meat. Thank you very much.
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In markets all over the world, meat products are labeled to origin, because consumers see value in knowing the origin. Polls indicate, as the earlier testimony has indicated, that 3 in 4 Americans want to know the origin of their meat, because they want consistency; they want quality, and they want safety.
Today, Canadians who oppose national origin labeling in the United States voluntarily label their meat sold in Japan. Why? Because it increases its value. In Europe, in Japan, and all around the world labeling is supported by consumers, and it results in rewards to producers, and it will here in America too. Today, a calf born in Canada; raised in Canada; fed and fattened in Canada, and slaughtered in Canada will carry a USDA grade and inspection stamp, and the consumer who purchases that beef at the counter believes it is buying a domestic product, and all the while U.S. producers pay a check-off to promote their beef and lamb consumption. It is not right, and it is not fair.
Safeway wouldn't pay a fee to promote IGA. We wouldn't ask Coke to pay a fee to promote Pepsi. Ford wouldn't want to pay a fee to promote Toyotas. Anybody who proposed doing that would be labeled as crazy. So, when U.S. meat producers simply ask for the right to label their product so that they can pay to promote it, it simply makes common sense to allow them to do it.

<blockquote data-quote="fedup2" data-source="post: 80560" data-attributes="member: 19">I&#039;ve been trying to read more about cool.&nbsp; I found a site that presents the different sides is very interesting, it&#039;s the government testimony-hearings. http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/ag/hag10615.000/hag10615_0.htmSome remarks that I&#039;ve found interesting so far include:But, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, what is missing? What is missing is that it doesn&#039;t tell us where the meat came from, and, today, we are importing meat from as far away as Croatia and Korea, New Zealand. Twenty-two percent of our beef that we are eating unknowingly—picking up one out of ever five pieces of meat that we eat unknowingly has come from a foreign country, and we have believed in the American USDA stamp of approval, but the fact is that USDA has inspected less than 1 percent of the foreign meat. They inspect the facilities overseas, but the meat coming into this country, less than 1 percent of it is inspected. Today, 40 percent of the lamb that we are eating comes from foreign countries, and I think about 2 percent of the pork that is coming in.------------------------------------------------------------------And America is sort of behind the 8-ball when it comes to country-of-origin meat labeling, because there are exactly 32 other countries that already require country-of-origin meat labeling, including Argentina, Brazil, Bosnia, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, the Arab countries, Venezuela, and I could go on and on, Mr. Chairman, but this is an issue that—how can you put the cost on the value of a child&#039;s life when it comes to being able to trace back and make sure that we know the origin of any disease, and if there is a disease problem in another country, the American consumer wants to be able to go to the meat counter and know for sure that she has purchased American meat. Thank you very much.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In markets all over the world, meat products are labeled to origin, because consumers see value in knowing the origin. Polls indicate, as the earlier testimony has indicated, that 3 in 4 Americans want to know the origin of their meat, because they want consistency; they want quality, and they want safety.Today, Canadians who oppose national origin labeling in the United States voluntarily label their meat sold in Japan. Why? Because it increases its value. In Europe, in Japan, and all around the world labeling is supported by consumers, and it results in rewards to producers, and it will here in America too. Today, a calf born in Canada; raised in Canada; fed and fattened in Canada, and slaughtered in Canada will carry a USDA grade and inspection stamp, and the consumer who purchases that beef at the counter believes it is buying a domestic product, and all the while U.S. producers pay a check-off to promote their beef and lamb consumption. It is not right, and it is not fair.Safeway wouldn&#039;t pay a fee to promote IGA. We wouldn&#039;t ask Coke to pay a fee to promote Pepsi. Ford wouldn&#039;t want to pay a fee to promote Toyotas. Anybody who proposed doing that would be labeled as crazy. So, when U.S. meat producers simply ask for the right to label their product so that they can pay to promote it, it simply makes common sense to allow them to do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fedup2, post: 80560, member: 19"] I’ve been trying to read more about cool. I found a site that presents the different sides is very interesting, it’s the government testimony-hearings. http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/ag/hag10615.000/hag10615_0.htm Some remarks that I’ve found interesting so far include: But, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, what is missing? What is missing is that it doesn't tell us where the meat came from, and, today, we are importing meat from as far away as Croatia and Korea, New Zealand. Twenty-two percent of our beef that we are eating unknowingly—picking up one out of ever five pieces of meat that we eat unknowingly has come from a foreign country, and we have believed in the American USDA stamp of approval, but the fact is that USDA has inspected less than 1 percent of the foreign meat. They inspect the facilities overseas, but the meat coming into this country, less than 1 percent of it is inspected. Today, 40 percent of the lamb that we are eating comes from foreign countries, and I think about 2 percent of the pork that is coming in. ------------------------------------------------------------------ And America is sort of behind the 8-ball when it comes to country-of-origin meat labeling, because there are exactly 32 other countries that already require country-of-origin meat labeling, including Argentina, Brazil, Bosnia, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, the Arab countries, Venezuela, and I could go on and on, Mr. Chairman, but this is an issue that—how can you put the cost on the value of a child's life when it comes to being able to trace back and make sure that we know the origin of any disease, and if there is a disease problem in another country, the American consumer wants to be able to go to the meat counter and know for sure that she has purchased American meat. Thank you very much. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In markets all over the world, meat products are labeled to origin, because consumers see value in knowing the origin. Polls indicate, as the earlier testimony has indicated, that 3 in 4 Americans want to know the origin of their meat, because they want consistency; they want quality, and they want safety. Today, Canadians who oppose national origin labeling in the United States voluntarily label their meat sold in Japan. Why? Because it increases its value. In Europe, in Japan, and all around the world labeling is supported by consumers, and it results in rewards to producers, and it will here in America too. Today, a calf born in Canada; raised in Canada; fed and fattened in Canada, and slaughtered in Canada will carry a USDA grade and inspection stamp, and the consumer who purchases that beef at the counter believes it is buying a domestic product, and all the while U.S. producers pay a check-off to promote their beef and lamb consumption. It is not right, and it is not fair. Safeway wouldn't pay a fee to promote IGA. We wouldn't ask Coke to pay a fee to promote Pepsi. Ford wouldn't want to pay a fee to promote Toyotas. Anybody who proposed doing that would be labeled as crazy. So, when U.S. meat producers simply ask for the right to label their product so that they can pay to promote it, it simply makes common sense to allow them to do it. [/QUOTE]

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