This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Many retail food stores are now required to inform consumers about the country of origin of fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, peanuts, pecans, macadamia nuts, ginseng, and ground and muscle cuts of beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and goat. Contents of this report: (1) Recent Developments; (2) Background; (3) Other Laws with Labeling Provisions: Tariff Act; Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Acts; Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (4) Implementation of Farm Bill COOL Requirements; (5) Key Provisions: Record-Keeping, Verification, and Penalties; (6) Economic and Trade Issues: Costs and Benefits; North Amer. Livestock Trade; U.S. Livestock Imports; (7) Expansion of COOL in Food Safety Measures; COOL for Dairy Products. Illustrations.

Mandatory country of origin labeling : hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, June 26, 2003.