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A Billings-based cattle group is leading the campaign to get Congress to once again look at Mandatory Country Of Origin Labeling for beef.

A Billings-based cattle group is leading the campaign to get Congress to once again look at Mandatory Country Of Origin Labeling for beef.

Miller warns that more and more small ranchers are going to go out of business and a meat shortage in the future is likely because of our reliance on meat from foreign countries like Brazil and Canada, which are allowed to label foreign-produced meat as U.S. grown.

New Jersey continues to be one of the leading states in produce safety. In fact, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture carries out approximately 100 produce safety inspections, educational on farm readiness reviews, and 175 USDA third-party audits annually.

National Farmers Organization’s ongoing support of Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling continues with recent U.S. House legislation.

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on April 26, 2022, tackled longstanding cattle pricing issues in a hearing over a price transparency bill and another that would increase Congress power to stop anti-competitive practices

Tiffany Lashmet discusses the lawsuit against beef packers claiming that the packers' use of the "Product of the USA" label is misleading.

This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Congress on the Bipartisan Innovation Act.

When meat carries the label Product of the USA it may have been grown elsewhere and simply repackaged here. Read on for what to know about label loopholes.

“We want to make sure we’re not discriminated, we’re treated fairly equally, and we have fair market access into the U.S., and to Canada, as well," says Mexican Embassy Ag Counselor Luis Martinez.