I think the law is just for fruit,vegetables,and meat.
I'll be damned if I'll eat a piece of raw vegetable or fruit if I don't know where it comes from,and as far as meat goes----I think of Mad-Cow. I want to know where the stuff comes from.
If it's just for fruits, vegetables, and meats, then I don't have a problem with it, but those who oppose it, according to the article are "meatpackers and food processors fought the law from the start". While meatpackers might still be hurt by a "meat, vegetable, and fruit" law, most food processors would not. So the reason they oppose it is probably because it requires listing country of origin of fruits, vegetables, and meats in processed food.
A horrible, horrible price burden.
(P.S. if you don't eat cow brain, the chances of getting mad cow is really, really slight.)
About the only type of beef that is imported is cooked and/or canned, e.g., corned beef, etc. The U.S. is about the only country in the world who still can produce grain-fed beef at a low cost. I don't know of any country that exports grain-fed beef into the U.S. but if so, it would be very identifiable because of its high cost, i.e., Kobe beef.
Muleteam1
I don't know about the law but I was recently at Wally-World checking out their sea food...Their display case is a freezer with a glass front so you can see to pick your sea food...
To my surprise, each display pan had a little plaque with the name of the item and for the first time, the name of the country where this stuff came from...And stupid me, I assumed all this sea food came from the U.S...
Numerous pans full of shrimp...One from Taiwan, some from China, one from Cambodia...None from the U.S...Atlantic King Salman came from China (I'm still thinkin about that one)...Amongst all of the fish, scallops, barbecued crayfish, etc., not a single piece harvested from the U.S...
I like these labels...I will never again buy seafood from Wal-Mart...