WTO shoots down US meat-labeling rule (tpp preview)

[Romeo.lima333]

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled against the U.S. appeal to keep its country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rule for imported cuts of beef and pork.

Canada and Mexico have long disputed the U.S. rule, arguing that it puts the countries’ meats at an unfair disadvantage in the U.S. market.

Issued in 2013, the COOL regulations would require that meat packaging give more information about where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered. Under the rule, the label on a cut of beef could theoretically read “Born in Mexico, raised in Canada, slaughtered in the U.S.A.”

WTO’s appellate body said Monday that the mandatory rule violates U.S. trade obligations and imposes a disproportionate burden in record-keeping and verification requirements on meat producers and processors.

http://thehill.com/regulation/242385-wto-rules-against-us-appeal-to-keep-country-of-origin-labeling-rule

how soon before this becomes about wages

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Capitalism has always at least pretended to care about people being allowed to have information

on which to base decisions to purchase or not. Capitalists have taken so much power that they no longer even want to maintain the pretense. They simply want us to 'trust them' and have no information about the products we purchase.

[Romeo.lima333]

2. sure that way they can sell you anything and call it whaterver they want it called