Bill on consumer information about beef origins dies in house committee

RBC | Since Congress repealed mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) on beef and pork in December 2015, retail sellers have not been required to identify the country of origin of any of their beef or pork offerings. Some 20 percent of U.S. beef consumption today is imported.
Mandatory COOL was first established in the 2002 Farm Bill. Congress felt obligated to remove the requirement in late 2015 because the World Trade Organization (WTO), of…