1. To find out if a specific product is a covered commodity or is labeled accurately, email cool@usda.gov. To subscribe to the USDA/AMS COOL listserv click here.
2. The Agricultural Marketing Service has extensive information online that gives an overview of COOL
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- Final Rule – Effective March 16, 2009
- Summary of Changes: Final Rule January 15, 2009 – PDF file
- Abbreviations Guidance – PDF file
- Talking Points – PDF file
- Questions and Answers – PDF file
- Labeling Options – PDF file
- Agricultural Marketing Service’s Interim Final Rule for Country of Origin Labeling – Effective until March 15, 2009
- Livestock Producer Compliance with COOL Interim Final Rule
- FSIS Labeling Approval Regulations for COOL Meat & Poultry Products
- Records
- Comments
- Proposed Rule – October 30, 2003
- Section 11002 COOL of the 2008 Farm Bill
- Title D of the Farm Bill
- The Farm Bill COOL provision was amended by Sec. 208 of the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-206)
3. AMI members are welcome to contact AMI Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel Mark Dopp, for any questions or further details, by phone at 202-587-4229, or email at mdopp@meatami.com.
- Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling Interim Final Rule Summary Memo – August 27, 2008
- Country of Origin Labeling Implentation Memo – August 21, 2008
- COOL Informational Letter
- COOL Affidavit Overview
- COOL Model Affidavit Options
- AMI COOL Final Rule Memo – January 15, 2009
- AMS COOL Final Rule