I think this part of R-CALF's statement pretty well sums it up...The USDA is so heavily influenced  by the packer that they won't institute a law passed two years ago, let alone put in new restrictions... Thats the reason the suit against USDA was brought back up...... I see no other alternatives, since NCBA blindly follows wherever the packers tell USDA to go....Like I've posted several times- Institute the M-COOL law that is already on the books and put in the safeguards- then open her Up....And I think a majority of R-CALF members feel the same...  

"The solution is to immediately correct those known deficiencies," he emphasized. "Recently, fast-food giant McDonald's, as well as a group of the world's foremost scientific experts on BSE, all filed formal comments with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that back up, with solid scientific research, the message and the position that R-CALF has maintained since the onset of our case."

R-CALF USA Region IX Director James Fudge said that R-CALF USA's motives, from the beginning, have been not only to strengthen our domestic safeguards against BSE, but also to get USDA to implement Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (M-COOL), and force the agency to harmonize global beef-trade practices.

"Our goal has been to work with the agency to these common ends, and avoid litigation if possible," said Fudge. "But in the end, we had to stand up for what was right to ensure the long-term viability of cow/calf producers around the country.