Law & Policy Active Updated Sep 11, 2026
The country-of-origin beef labeling fight
Where it stands, Sep 11, 2026 Trump issued a proclamation allowing 100,000 additional metric tons of imported beef into the US at lower tariffs for 90 days, a day after meeting a top shareholder in Brazilian meatpacker JBS, Sentient reported.
President Trump ordered a review of whether existing law allows mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef and moved to widen ranchers' ability to sell meat directly across state lines, citing a US cattle herd at a 75-year low and dependence on four dominant processors. The Meat Institute warns mandatory labeling would raise costs, while the Department of Justice separately expanded its meatpacker price-fixing probe.
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Sep 11, 2026 Latest
Trump issued a proclamation allowing 100,000 additional metric tons of imported beef into the US at lower tariffs for 90 days, a day after meeting a top shareholder in Brazilian meatpacker JBS, Sentient reported.
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Sep 8, 2026
Trump ordered Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to review within 90 days whether existing law allows mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef, and directed the USDA to widen ranchers' ability to process and sell meat directly across state lines. The Meat Institute, representing JBS, Cargill, Tyson Foods and National Beef, said mandatory labeling could add more than $1 billion a year in supply-chain costs, and the Department of Justice separately expanded its price-fixing probe to include Walmart and Costco.
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