Urge the Montana State Senate to support SJ: 25 - A joint resolution urging support for Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (MCOOL) for Beef and Pork. you can read the bill here: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3250?open_tab=bill

This Senate Joint resolution urges support for MCOOL for beef and pork, calling out the recently re-introduced American Beef Labeling Act in Congress.

Sponsored by Sen. John Thune of South Dakota. The bipartisan legislation seeks to reinstate the mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) requirements for beef. MCOOL already applies to other food commodities after being passed by Congress in the 2002 Farm Bill. Montana passed a Mandatory of Country Origin Labeling law in 2005, which forced the issue at the federal level which was then enforced in 2009.

Ranchers received fair prices for their livestock and consumers were able to confidently purchase their beef at a reasonable price, knowing the product origin. But beef and pork were both removed by Congress from the MCOOL requirements in 2015 due to pressure from the multinational beef backing corporate monopolies. Now, beef that is produced in a different country but then processed or repacked in America is considered a product of the USA. American producers deserve better—they deserve credit for the amazing quality of beef that they raise and sell in retail locations.

It’s clear that consumers want to know where their food comes from. Right now, without MCOOL, consumers are being lied to about where their beef comes from.

Consumers deserve a transparent and secure food supply chain, and our producers deserve a fair and competitive market for the product they are raising.

Urge the Montana Senate to pass SJ 25 and support MCOOL for beef and pork -- for your consumer and producer constituents alike.