COOL SUPPORT DESK
1. To find
out if a specific product is a covered
commodity or is labeled accurately, email cool@usda.gov.
2. The Agricultural Marketing Service has extensive information online that gives an overview of COOL
- Questions and Answers
- Agricultural Marketing Service's Interim Final Rule for Country of Origin Labeling
- AMS Country of Origin Labeling Interim Final Rule Powerpoint
- Livestock Producer Compliance with COOL Interim Final Rule
- FSIS Labeling Approval Regulations for COOL Meat & Poultry Products
- Records
- Proposed Rule - reopening of comment period - June 20, 2007
- Comments
- Proposed Rule - extension of comment period - Dec. 22, 2003
- Proposed Rule - October 30, 2003
- Section 11002 COOL of the 2008 Farm Bill
- Title D of the Farm Bill
- The Farm Bill COOL provision was amended by Sec. 208 of the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-206)
3. AMI members
are welcome to contact AMI Senior Vice
President of Regulatory Affairs and General
Counsel Mark Dopp, for any questions or further
details, by phone at 202-587-4229, or email at
mdopp@meatami.com.
- Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling Interim Final Rule Summary Memo - August 27, 2008
- Country of Origin Labeling Implentation Memo - August 21, 2008
COOL Informational Letter COOL Affidavit Overview COOL Model Affidavit Options