WASHINGTON — U.S. grocers and foodmakers would be required to put country-of-origin labels on cuts of red meat beginning September 30, 2008, under a bill approved by a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday.
The bill lays out a timeline, beginning in January, to implement the requirement on the first possible day after two postponements of the 2002 law. Rep. Ray LaHood said during the subcommittee's meeting he may propose another delay.
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