U.S. plan to resolve meat-origin label fight draws fire

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U.S. plan to resolve meat-origin label fight draws fire

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-proposes-more-specific-labels-resolve-meat-origin-235649622--sector.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gv5th7jdK3NGkB17lYvzmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-08T235958Z_2_CBRE9271UIX00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Ground beef makes its way down a conveyor belt at the Fresh &amp; Easy Neighborhood Market meat processing facility in Riverside" align="left" title="Ground beef makes its way down a conveyor belt at the Fresh &amp; Easy Neighborhood Market meat processing facility in Riverside" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday sought to address a long-running trade dispute by proposing stricter rules for labeling meat, but its proposal quickly drew criticism from the Canadian government, which said the plan falls short and vowed to continue fighting it. The meat labeling rules at the center of the dispute aim to help consumers identify the country that produced the beef, pork, chicken and lamb sold in U.S. grocery stores. The United States has until May 23 to redesign its country-of-origin rules to satisfy a World Trade Organization ruling. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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