Term:
Country-of-origin labelling (COOL)
Definition:
Requires labelling for muscle cuts and ground beef, veal, lamb, pork, goat, chicken, farm-raised and wild fish, shell fish, fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, peanuts, pecans, macadamia nuts and ginseng that states the country of origin. This mandatory measure was implemented March 16, 2009, by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. In the case of imported products, the food label indicates where it started, was grown/raised and processed. For example, a meat label for pork might read, “From hogs born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United States.”.
Domain:
International Trade
Source:
OECD