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House to consider repeal of meat labeling law

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WASHINGTON — A House committee is moving swiftly to get rid of labels on packages of meat that say where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered — a rule pushed in the last decade by the members of Montana’s congressional delegation.

The House Agriculture Committee will consider a bill to repeal a “country of origin” labeling law for meat today — two days after the World Trade Organization ruled against parts of it. The labels tell consumers what countries the meat is from: for example, “born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United States...

 

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