Washington State legislature has passed a bill
asking beef packers to voluntarily label the meat they provide to retailers as
either U.S.A. product or imported.
To qualify for a “U.S.A.” label, the beef must
be from an animal born, raised and slaughtered in the United States, although
it could spend up to 60 days outside the country and still qualify.
In 2015 the federal government scrapped its
COOL law after the World Trade Organization said tit discriminated against
Mexican and Canadian cattle producers.
But while Canadians waited, they lost tens of
millions of dollars to depressed prices.
