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Originally Posted by Kobi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- It will be hard to tell where your beef and pork comes from with the repeal of the country of origin labeling in the United States.
Congress repealed the rules, which began in 2009, with a measure added to the omnibus budget bill passed on Friday. Obama signed the bill into law Friday.
The repeal comes after the World Trade Organization found the labels were unfair to meat producers outside the United States. Canada and Mexico last week were granted permission to impose more than $1 billion in import tariffs on U.S. goods if the labels were not removed.
A wide range of industries lobbied Congress to remove the labelling requirement out of fear that tariffs would spread to other U.S. exports, from furniture to frozen orange juice.
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I don't eat meat so this doesn't affect me personally, however, if I were a meat eater, I would be kind of concerned. We all know how careful China is with food production.
I always wonder the motive behind the laws that are enacted. I believe that people have the right to know where their food came from and the right to make the decision if they believe it is safe enough to ingest.