Many times, this blog has chronicled the ongoing clash between meat specialists both in the U.S. and abroad, who are against the use of Country of Origin Labels on their products. These labels, you may recall, would identify the history of meat in question, specifically what country the animal it came from was raised in, and the U.S. government has made efforts to support this motion.
It still stands as one of the most prominent current examples of the international consequences that can be generated by food labels. The newest wrinkle has found the judge in the case favoring the government and denying industry players their wish to postpone this decision.
As Bloomberg reports, this has not stopped the meat industry’s determination to continue fighting against this practice, nor has it discouraged Canada and Mexico from arguing that this will unfairly affect their respective food industries.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, blocked the requested change on the grounds that there wasn’t enough evidence to support the company’s position. While the American’s Cattleman Association supports this change, The American Meat Institute does not, at least according to its CEO, J. Patrick Boyle, who communicated his organization’s opposition in a press release on its official website.
“We disagree strongly with the court’s decision and believe that several aspects of the ruling are susceptible to challenge,” Boyle said.
As this story progresses, your company might want to ask itself what role a color label printer might play in its packaging efforts. The cost of changing development and production strategies can perhaps be reduced if a solution is maintained that does not require your business to venture too far outside the company for the desired results.
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