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This is a huge step towards implementation of COOL

HAY MAKER

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- The U.S. House Appropriations Committee, led by Chairman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), has approved its FY 2008 agriculture appropriations bill which provides the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Ag Marketing Service an additional $2 million to implement COOL. The bill establishes a time line that USDA must meet for the implementation of COOL by September 30, 2008.
"This is a huge step towards implementation of COOL," said Danni Beer, USCA COOL Committee Chairman and Region X Director. "The House Appropriations Committee has, in the past, lacked support for COOL. USCA representatives met with Rep. DeLauro’s staff in June to help ensure that funding would not be withheld during this process. We applaud the committee’s direction in helping USDA to ensure that COOL is implemented in a timely, efficient manner that’s least burdensome to the entire beef industry."

The U.S. Senate will undertake debate of its version of farm bill policy when Congress reconvenes in September. Following passage in the Senate, the two bills will likely be sent through the conference process to resolve any differences.

"While we’ve achieved a milestone in the House of Representatives, this is no time for producers to relax," noted Beer. "We must see this process through the Senate, the conference committee and on to the day when we can walk into the grocery store and see where the beef we purchase is from."
 

QUESTION

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So you are saying the farm bill won't pass until september at earliest and even the the COOL rules could still be changed :roll: and 2 million on COOL program :oops: out of a a 300 billion farm bill :roll: is that even going to be enough to pay for the new COOL stamps :roll: . As i have said before it is my belief that high feed grain prices because of the US biofeul program will effect calf prices more than COOL this fall. The problem with seeing the labels is the average american eats out more than they shop so they won't see the stickers as much as you would like.
 

PORKER

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There are some justifiable reasons why it is more complicated to do country-of-origin labels in a multi-ingredient food product.

"A single portion of chicken Kiev can have ingredients from 20 different countries," DeWaal said. "Another reason that the traceability becomes a great deal more difficult is that supplier may be using salmon from Alaska one week and salmon from Chile the next."


'We don't grow peanuts'

While the "Made in the USA" label may be comforting to most shoppers, marketing specialists agree that "Product of Canada" is not far behind in the warm and friendly category. Hundreds of products from north of the border can be found on grocery shelves throughout the Northwest.

But "Product of Canada" can be just as misleading as "Made in the USA."

"There is already this bizarre discrepancy in labeling rules," said Stephanie Wells, the Canadian liaison to the Organic Trade Association. "For instance, I can buy peanut butter that says "Product of Canada," but I know we don't grow peanuts.

"The country of origin thing is a bit of a sticky wicket," she said. "We don't know if we can ask for a more, shall we say, honest system. It is misleading and in many cases, not at all honest to falsify the origin of a product.

"And of course, consumers aren't happy about it either. If they want to buy Canadian, they really want something that is Canadian, not that just the final processing was done here."

For 30 years, Paddy Doherty has been raising organic vegetables and sheep on his 500- acre farm in central British Columbia. He also is the chairman of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement Accreditation Committee.

"Consumers don't like the idea of labels that say 'Made in Canada,' when in fact, it was only packaged or labeled here. I don't like it either, nor do most of the most other farmers I know," he said.

"It's a question of integrity, national pride and safety," he said. "If food is coming from China, I don't want it sold here -- or shipped to the states -- with a Canadian label on it.

"It is bizarre to see coffee labeled 'Made in Canada' when I don't believe there are any coffee plantations up here."
 

Sandhusker

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QUESTION said:
So you are saying the farm bill won't pass until september at earliest and even the the COOL rules could still be changed :roll: and 2 million on COOL program :oops: out of a a 300 billion farm bill :roll: is that even going to be enough to pay for the new COOL stamps :roll: . As i have said before it is my belief that high feed grain prices because of the US biofeul program will effect calf prices more than COOL this fall. The problem with seeing the labels is the average american eats out more than they shop so they won't see the stickers as much as you would like.

It'll be September in 2 weeks.....
 

PORKER

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For 30 years, Paddy Doherty has been raising organic vegetables and sheep on his 500- acre farm in central British Columbia. He also is the chairman of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement Accreditation Committee.
"It's a question of integrity, national pride and safety," he said. "If food is coming from China, I don't want it sold here -- or shipped to the states -- with a Canadian label on it.
 
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PORKER said:
For 30 years, Paddy Doherty has been raising organic vegetables and sheep on his 500- acre farm in central British Columbia. He also is the chairman of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement Accreditation Committee.
"It's a question of integrity, national pride and safety," he said. "If food is coming from China, I don't want it sold here -- or shipped to the states -- with a Canadian label on it.

The reason the cattlemans organizations of BOTH countries should be pushing for M-COOL and truth in labeling laws on all food....

"All natural" or "organic" in China is different than the "all natural" or "organic" in the US or Canada...In China if its a catfish raised in a binju ditch with a human turd in its mouth for mineral- and US banned chemicals to kill the diseases-- it gets the "all natural" label...To a Chinaman its natural..... :shock: :( :mad:
 
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