A federal court has struck down American Meat Institute (AMI) and other industry stakeholders’ appeal of the Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling law.
According to Drovers Cattle Network, Judge Stephen F. Williams held up a lower court’s earlier decision and denied the stakeholders’ request for a preliminary injunction.
The group seeking the appeal argued that COOL violates first amendment rights and goes beyond the intent of Congress in requiring companies to label where livestock are born, raised and slaughtered.
AMI’s interim president James Hodges said the group strongly disagrees with the court’s decision and they believe it will hurt livestock producers and the industry while providing little benefit to consumers.