Um, there's no guarantee that the food in any restaurant doesn't come from China.
Congress passed country of origin labeling in 2002 as a provision of a farm subsidy bill. Processed foods are excluded, as are foods sold by restaurants. The full implementation of the bill, by the way, was postponed twice by executive order (thank you, Mr. Bush), and only unprocessed seafood needs to be labeled as of this year.
Curiously -- or not so curiously if you read the full article posted -- the fresh meat provision, which should go into effect next year, if not postponed yet again, excludes poultry.
I can't imagine why. /sarc
Yes, that fresh meat provision jumped out at me.
Luckily, we have good local beef in Panama. It is not the most tender in the world, but it is good and not expensive.
I believe there is exported beef from the U.S. From where ever it comes, the price is enough to turn me away and stop reading the label any further.
There are also local chicken farmers.