Lawsuit Over COOL Heated

The United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) issued the following response last week to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by eight organizations asking the court to vacate the USDA’s country of origin labeling (COOL) final rule.

The plaintiffs include the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, the Canadian Pork Council, the American Meat Institute, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Pork Producers Council, the North American Meat Association, the American Association of Meat Processors and the Southwest Meat Association.