Colorado attempts COOL on state level

State House Rep. Kimmi Lewis and state Sen. Vicki Marble, both Republicans, have introduced a bill into the Colorado chambers that would effectively create a state-specific Country-of-Origin Labeling law within Colorado. The bill would amend the Colorado Food and Drug Act to require that all raw beef sold in the state must present a “conspicuous placard that is clearly visible and readily viewable by the public” in the vicinity of beef for sale in retail establishments. The placards would list beef as “U.S.A. Beef” or “Imported Beef.” For beef to be labeled as from the U.S., the animals would have to be born, raised, and slaughtered in the U.S. For beef not meeting that standard, the “Imported” placard would have to list each country where the animals were born, raised, and slaughtered.