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House votes to repeal country-of-origin labeling on meat
MyWay ^ | Jun 11, 2015 | MARY CLARE JALONICK

Posted on 06/11/2015 4:27:10 PM PDT by Diogenesis

House votes to repeal country-of-origin labeling on meat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under threat of trade retaliation from Canada and Mexico,
the House has voted to to repeal a law requiring country-of-origin labels
on packages of beef, pork and poultry.

The World Trade Organization rejected a U.S. appeal last month,
ruling the labels that say where animals were born, raised and
slaughtered are discriminatory against the two U.S. border countries.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said it's up to Congress
to change the law to avoid retaliation from the two countries.

The law was initially written at the behest of northern U.S. ranchers
who compete with the Canadian cattle industry. It also was backed by
consumer advocates who say it helps shoppers know where their food comes from.
Supporters have called on the U.S. government to negotiate with Canada and
Mexico to find labels acceptable to all countries.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, said repeal would be premature, adding,
"Our people deserve a right to know where their food is produced
and where it comes from." ...

Canada and Mexico have opposed the labeling because it causes their animals
to be segregated from those of U.S. origin — a costly process that has led
some U.S. companies to stop buying exports.


(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; ethanol; foodregulation; gop; gopvsamerica; meat; mexico; mommystate; nodocumentation; nohonesty; notransparency; notruth; paultardation; paultardnoisemachine; prions; prions4all; randpaulnoisemachine; randsconcerntrolls; votingisforsuckers
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1 posted on 06/11/2015 4:27:11 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Diogenesis

Insanity

“Lesser evil” did what for us again??


2 posted on 06/11/2015 4:28:53 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Diogenesis; MeshugeMikey
The World Trade Organization rejected a U.S. appeal last month, ruling the labels that say where animals were born, raised and slaughtered are discriminatory against the two U.S. border countries

That's racist. Mad cow for everyone!

3 posted on 06/11/2015 4:29:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: Diogenesis

They really didn’t have much choice. We’ve already lost this in a trade dispute at the highest level. We can keep the law, but doing so would require us to pay huge retaliatory fines.


4 posted on 06/11/2015 4:34:57 PM PDT by FredZarguna (It looks just like a Telefunken U-47 -- with leather.)
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To: Diogenesis

Sick of buying my salmon from Chile. What....Alaska doesn’t have salmon any more?


5 posted on 06/11/2015 4:36:00 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: a fool in paradise
That's what it amounts to.

WTO is essentially saying that rather than raise the quality of their offering so that consumers trust their country of origin, every country should be producing at the lowest common denominator.

So much for competition improving quality.

But it in any case, this was not the fault of House Republicans.

6 posted on 06/11/2015 4:37:26 PM PDT by FredZarguna (It looks just like a Telefunken U-47 -- with leather.)
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To: Diogenesis
So they voted to keep country of origin information from US citizens because the rest of the world tells the US what to do?

Wasn't that many decades ago that the US told the rest of the world what to do.

7 posted on 06/11/2015 4:40:37 PM PDT by grania
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To: Diogenesis

“........D-Ohio, said repeal would be premature”.

I shocked that any D would make such a simple,...”common sense”: statement

I cant imagine buying any “grown” in Mexico meat

Im certain that they’re fastidiously cleanly down there though/


8 posted on 06/11/2015 4:42:50 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: GeronL

Treaties and Trade agreements have consequences. They are contracts. If you break the contract the other parties can sue you in international court. Now we will have no clue where our meat is coming from. We are going to buy beef from a local rancher. If we don’t know where its from it can sit and rot in the cooler at Costco.

The is TPP is going to be NAFTA on steroids. Time to get out the pitchforks.


9 posted on 06/11/2015 4:43:40 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: grania

This is what always happens when forced to negotiate from a position of weakness.No different than the Iran nuke deal.


10 posted on 06/11/2015 4:44:43 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Sick of buying my salmon from Chile. What....Alaska doesn’t have salmon any more?

I often come away from the supermarket without tomatoes. I refuse to eat anything grown in Mexico, but most tomatoes are from there.

11 posted on 06/11/2015 4:45:45 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Yep, and no flavor.


12 posted on 06/11/2015 4:46:52 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: FredZarguna

What exactly would happen if the U.S. decided to look out for its citizens and not pay the WTO fines?


13 posted on 06/11/2015 4:55:15 PM PDT by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

What happens if the U.S. says they won’t submit to an international court? Is the world going to declare war on us or impose sanctions? No.


14 posted on 06/11/2015 4:58:12 PM PDT by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Sure they do....at $15 a pound. The big thing now is wild and farm raised.


15 posted on 06/11/2015 4:58:23 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Diogenesis; All

Freepers need to start thinking, shopping and living LOCALLY. These b@stards ARE out to kill us - BOTH parties are! Grrr!

Click the link below, put in your zip code, and you will find many local farmers MORE than willing to feed you!

I feel BLESSED to live in a state where you can’t swing a dead cat without finding someone to provide locally-grown, humanely raised, healthy food. Animals and vegetables. Eggs, milk and cheese.

Hopefully, you can find a local provider, too!

http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

P.S. Our steer this season is named, ‘Supper.’ Last years’ was, ‘Dinner.’ ;)


16 posted on 06/11/2015 4:59:01 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diogenesis

“Buy American” is now IMPOSSIBLE.


17 posted on 06/11/2015 5:00:46 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Fiji Hill
I refuse to eat anything grown in Mexico, but most tomatoes are from there.

No matter what country they were grown in, they were planted, cultivated, picked and processed by Mexicans.

18 posted on 06/11/2015 5:03:58 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: vmivol00

Well the reason the Congress voted to ban meat labeling is the threat of Mexico and Canada to sue us so I have assume they can do it. We signed a contract. The WTO is threatening us. Trade agreements have consequences.


19 posted on 06/11/2015 5:04:34 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Diogenesis

Time to visit the local butcher, I mean a REAL butcher. Buy a freezer full if you can.


20 posted on 06/11/2015 5:05:38 PM PDT by madison10
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