|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Every animal must have a CCIA Tag and we encourage producers to have animals Age Verified. If animals are not tagged prior to unloading, please notify us and we can make arragements to have animals tagged! We also supply a service to have cows and bulls to Age verified by dental up to 5 years and younger, upon producer requests! The ageing fee is $5.00 per head! Thursday, May 14, 2009
Caroline Scott-Thomas, 13-May-2009 – Canada has renewed its World Trade Organization WTO dispute over US country-of-origin COOL labeling rules. The COOL labeling scheme was introduced in the US on September 30 last year, and requires origin labeling for a variety of fresh produce. But Canada has said that the labeling scheme hurts its economy. Canada initially filed a complaint with the WTO over the rules in December, but shelved it to see how the Obama Administration would deal with the issue. Canada’s Trade Minister Stockwell Day said: “We are concerned with the approach the United States is taking to implement COOL and the negative impact it is having on our exporters. Recent instructions from the US Secretary of Agriculture encouraging the US industry to use very strict labeling practices have removed the flexibility previously envisioned in the legislation and this affects the ability of our cattle and hog exporters to compete fairly in the US market.” Reduced US imports |