Senate Ag Chair Pat Roberts says the Senate must take action in July on Country of Origin meat labeling.
The House and Senate went on recess following the end of last week, but once back in session, Roberts would like to see the Senate move forward with a bill to repeal COOL.
The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing on COOL last week.
Roberts, and many of the witnesses, according to the Hagstrom report, were in favor of a repeal of COOL.
But Roberts also said afterward he does not have the votes in the Senate to pass the repeal bill that the House passed.
Roberts said he hopes to hold a markup on a bill in July with passage before the August recess.
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow has introduced a bill to make the labeling of beef and pork voluntary but still run by the government, and would put in place a “Product of the U.S.” label.
