U. S. farm leader defends COOL

A North Dakota farm leader has suggested U. S. meat packers are exaggerating the extra costs with which obeying country-of-origin food labelling (COOL) will allegedly burden them. Robert Carlson, North Dakota Farmers Union president, said he doesn’t believe it’s as hard or expensive to segregate animals at slaughter plants according to their country of origin

Salmonella outbreak may spur U. S. food safety

The latest U. S. salmonella outbreak could spur food safety reform in the U. S. Congress, but the process will be slow and consumers will remain at risk until the shattered regulatory regime can be fixed. “Congress is poised to take early action on food safety legislation,” said Caroline Smith DeWall, a director of food