Seafood COOL
On October 30, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will publish a proposed rule to implement a mandatory country-of-origin labeling program for certain beef, pork, lamb, fish, shellfish, peanut, fruit and vegetable products.
 USDA Reopens Comment Period on Country of Origin Labeling: USDA reopened the comment period for 60 days for the Interim Final Rule (IFR) for mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for fish and shellfish covered commodities.
Also: Interim Final Rule
Also: Submit Comments Here
 Country of Origin Labeling Interim Final Rule: Processed Product Exempted
Also: Interim Final Rule on USDA Web Site
 Voluntary Country-of-Origin Labeling Legislation Introduced: Legislation was recently introduced that would repeal the mandatory country-of-origin labeling law scheduled to go into effect Sept. 30 for seafood products and replace it with a voluntary program.
 Country of Origin Labeling: The proposed country of origin labeling requirement for seafood continues to cause a lot of problems and uncertainty.
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