Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) has been in the news recently. It currently requires that if an animal is raised in Canada, but processed in the United States, it must be labelled as "Canadian".Republican senator Saxby Chambliss, who is currently visiting Canada, supports the law. He argues that because Canadian products are of a high quality, comparable to American products, the label should produce no disadvantage.
However the Canadian government feels this practice places the Canadian product at a disadvantage in the American market because Americans want to 'buy American' even when other products are of similar quality. Canada and Mexico are protesting to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that COOL labelling represents an unwarranted barrier to trade.
Sources:
- U.S. senator backs meat labelling law [CBC]
- Country-of-origin meat labelling on the way [Times Colonist]
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