The American Meat Institute has filed for another court
hearing over its application to block implementation of Country-of-Origin
Labeling (COOL) regulations.
The meat industry, backed by Canadians and Mexicans, lost
the original application and appeals, but now they want the courts to start
over.
Their court application comes after the World Trade
Organization ruled that the COOL regulations now in effect violate U.S. trade
commitments.
The American government still has an opportunity to appeal
that decision and, should it lose, to argue over the trade sanctions Canada and
Mexico could impose if the regulations are not amended or removed so there is
no longer discrimination against hogs and cattle, beef and pork from Canada and
Mexico.
The American Meat Institute (AMI) has taken the lead for
a list of plaintiffs that includes the Canadian Pork Council and the Canadian
Cattlemen’s Association (CCA).
