Cattle producers want to get rid of new meat labels [View all]

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Texas cattleman Bob McCan would just as soon steer clear of the U.S. government’s latest meat-labeling rules.

For many U.S. consumers, it’s a popular idea: Label packages to let them know what country the meat comes from.

McCan, now the president-elect of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, is among a group of cattle producers and meat companies that has sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture for moving ahead in late May with new country-of-origin labeling rules.

In a lawsuit filed July 8 in U.S. District Court in Washington, the groups claim the labels will hurt beef exports and are unconstitutional as “compelled speech” that doesn’t advance a government interest

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/07/22/197142/cattle-producers-want-to-get-rid.html#storylink=cpy

This Bob McCan seem like a real winner. I wonder what his politics are?