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In reply to the discussion: U.S. loses meat labeling case; trade war looms [View all]Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)80. Folks should maybe try a Canadian news source for THEIR perspective on this, because there
is so much wrong with American knowledge of this.
COOL was written to interfere with imports. Against the treaty.
Sorry, America, you can not always be the winner. Sometimes you are wrong, and military might does not make right.
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Right, you are not allowed to know what you eat because that discriminates against the
bemildred
May 2015
#1
Perfect example of trade agreements being used as leverage to attack law and regulation.
pa28
May 2015
#3
Canada has published a hit list of potential U.S. targets, including wine, chocolate, ketchup and ce
bananas
May 2015
#57
Using the now upheld by tribunal legitimate complaints of Canada and Mexico meat processors about American point of
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#7
Canada will now be able to market it's own labels, like Alberta grain fed Prime beef.....if you can
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#29
It's illogical to point out nearly identical rules and tribunals are in the leaked parts of the TPP?
jeff47
May 2015
#31
It would be nice to know if the fish comes from a near-collapsed fishery too n/t
arcane1
May 2015
#27
Tilapia, no? A bottom feeder catfish type, farmed in Asia w/antibiotics thrown in. Yum.
appalachiablue
May 2015
#66
That must be why all the bayous and drainage ditches are infested with tilapia...
Sunlei
May 2015
#73
My fear is the country of origin labels for fruit/veggies will come under fire next
peacebird
May 2015
#46
I want to be able to discriminate based upon where my meat was born, raised, slaughtered, processed,
Ed Suspicious
May 2015
#12
I have stopped eating fish because it's impossible to track their origins. Will do the same if meat
Lodestar
May 2015
#42
Our food production is regulated under FDA and USDA rules. These organizations are at least
Ed Suspicious
May 2015
#24
I don't necessarily. Country of origin labels allow me to decide. Do you have a problem
Ed Suspicious
May 2015
#37
Here we go. Now we're not allowed to know where the meat we are eating came from?
onecaliberal
May 2015
#33
yup. There is a guy upthread who seems to hold a very strong opinion that this is the way it should
Ed Suspicious
May 2015
#38
A big issue with this decision is U.S. and Canada policy on mad cow "diets" of cattle...
cascadiance
May 2015
#40
it is the feed problem. That 2004 article was very well written. It even touched on chronic wasting
Sunlei
May 2015
#74
The only point to labeling is to highlight, which is another means to discourage purchase.
randome
May 2015
#47
True enough; we do indeed need more oversight, but I'd still prefer to be the decision maker
Lodestar
May 2015
#49
The point of MAD Trade Agreements is to enable corporations to make more profit
appalachiablue
May 2015
#68
Not to discourage purchase. If Italy puts out a premium beef product, they should be
Ed Suspicious
May 2015
#59
So far as I know, nothing prevents a company from calling attention to their own products.
randome
May 2015
#62
Folks should maybe try a Canadian news source for THEIR perspective on this, because there
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#80
If a country does not meet our safety standards -applied uniformly to all signatories-
randome
May 2015
#65
Part of the problem, if we are going to create these huge global trade sectors, is that there are
Lodestar
May 2015
#50