[pissant]

The republicans can be such idiots sometimes. I want to know where my food comes from. I refuse to buy anything from communists or our other enemies (ie france).

[Bikers4Bush]

Personally I would like to know where my meat, vegetables and fruit are coming from.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Maybe I'm missing something here. How does this cost the ranchers?

[stuartcr]

How can anyone tell someone to boycott stuff, if no one knows where it came from?? We could be eating French stuff!!!!

[ko_kyi]

If the GOP believes in free markets, they have to support the idea that consumers can make informed choices and food should be labeled accordingly.

[DoughtyOne]

The country of origion should be on our food, if nothing else. I want it there on everything I buy.

Just who does it hurt to have this information on the containers?

[Graybeard58]

House Majority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said he expected the Senate to agree to repealing the measure, whose main champion two years ago was Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.

I don't know what the world's coming to when I find myself on the same side of an issue as Tom Daschle.

[CaptainK]

A USA label is a positive marketing strategy. I will go out of my way to avoid unlabeled produce and meat.

[Final Authority]

At one point in time I think there was a clause in the NAFTA that prohibited the national identification of food so to prevent undue consumer awareness that might lead to an undue discrimination on the part of consumers. I want to know where my food is grown, processed, and manufactured so I can properly discriminate against those countries where their product may kill me and my family because of the pesticides and fecal content therein.

[Tamar1973]

House Majority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said he expected the Senate to agree to repealing the measure, whose main champion two years ago was Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.

"I can't find any real opposition to doing exactly what we want to do here," Blunt said.

Well, FReepers, if you really want to know where your food comes from so you can boycott France, etc., then you must call and write your congresscritters and let them know that conservatives agree with legislation requiring info on country of origin.

[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

If you want to know where your food comes from, then buy the product that states where it comes from on its label.

Why on earth should people be forced to label their products with information like that - when you are shopping, and you see 3 cans that do not say where they are from, and 1 that does, pick the one that does.

[JesseHousman]

Bad freaking idea RepublicRATs! This GOP really pisses me off. No wonder I haven't give a dime to the RNC in decades.

[Jaysun]

Those who want the repeal say the labeling system is so expensive that it far outweighs any benefit to consumers. The Agriculture Department has estimated the cost could range from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in the first year alone.

So do away with it. I can't imagine that we have a lot of meat coming in from other countries anyway.

[LibertarianLiz]

I do not buy veggies from Mexico if I can at all help it. I will pay a few cents extra to not buy them. However, there are several chains who do not put country of origin on their signs concerning produce. The chain that I buy from will, most of the time, in the corner of their sign have written country of origin.

[k2blader]

Those who want the repeal say the labeling system is so expensive that it far outweighs any benefit to consumers. The Agriculture Department has estimated the cost could range from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in the first year alone.

I find it strange that it's *that* expensive to put a few words on the label saying "Made in Spain" or whatnot. And tho' it's not really important, I like seeing where my food comes from.

[newgeezer]

If this really can cost "billions" of dollars, something's wrong with it. I mean, how much can it cost to put a sticker on a tomato?

My guess is there's something really fishy about this plan (even though it doesn't cover fish). Maybe they want to label a can of chili to display the origin of each and every ingredient? Nah, they wouldn't dream of doing anything THAT stupid.

[flying Elvis]

I emailed Rep. Chip Pickering, explaining my concerns, and directing him to look at this thread.

[melbell]

Without indicating whether I am for or against this repeal, let me just say that everyone saying it doesn't cost much to put a "Made in America" label on everything sounds very ignorant.

What the heck does it matter what the freaking label says if it isn't regulated in any way. That's where the cost comes in, not in the orange sticker...come on folks...think for a minute...anybody can SAY their product is made in America so that Americans can buy it, but unless they have someone on the docks making sure the stuff from Spain says "Made in Spain" then the stickers don't mean crap. Well actually, they DO mean crap...

[angelanddevil2]

I'm completely against. I want to know where the food or any other items I buy come from. Imagine bying beef from England!. Plus, I want to be able to decide whether I buy a French product.
I hope though that the health standards for foreign food has to meet the same than domestic.

[dennisw]

I avoid produce from Mexico. More and more produce departments say what the country of origin in. I like to know if it's local or from another state.