No More COOL: Labeling Law Repealed

Lawmakers repealed the unpopular Country-of-Origin Labeling rule as part of the massive omnibus bill passed in December.

The repeal came weeks after the World Trade Organization authorized Canada and Mexico to impose $1 billion in retaliatory tariffs against the United States.

The COOL rule required meat be labeled with information about where the livestock was born, raised, and slaughtered. Its intent was to inform consumers. The consequence, critics argued, was a discriminatory system that placed a costly burden on producers in Canada and Mexico.

The repeal puts an end to talk of retaliation. S