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We the undersigned citizens of the United States, hereby petition the U.S. government to enforce the Country of Origin Labeling Act (COOL) and to disregard “rulings” of the World Trade Organization finding that COOL is a technical barrier to trade.
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12,688 people signed the petition
In early September, a coalition of groups including the Made in the USA Foundation and R-CALF USA, filed a lawsuit against the WTO in Denver's U.S. District Court hoping to get a court order that WTO does not have authority to overrule U.S. law. In conjunction with that lawsuit, we're circulating this petition to challenge the WTO's right to intimidate the United States into weakening our Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law. We hope to convince the President, the Agriculture Secretary, and the U.S. Trade Representative to protect our nation's sovereignty and reaffirm that accurate labeling is a consumer right.
Learn more about the COOL Act here: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/cool
Read about the ongoing legal battle to uphold the COOL Act here: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/09/cool-act-moves-into-us-district-court-in-denver/#.UEnnUo2PWfc
You can also download a hard copy of this petition to have those not online sign at:
http://www.r-calfusa.com/COOL/120928WTOPetitionPresidentObama.pdf
Thanks so much to those who have already signed!
There is still time to get additional signatures as the deadline to sign this petition has been extended to Oct. 30, 2012.
Let's stand up for our rights to know from where our food comes.
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