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COOL gives consumers a choice
Doug Rich lists some impressive numbers for the cost of country-of-origin labeling in his editorial (You asked for it, July 30, Page 4-B). I'll grant you are right about being able to purchase meats, produce and dairy products all growing here in the good old U.S.A. at the local farmers' market. And it will be nutritious and fresh. But not everyone has access to a farmers' market and they have to go to the local supermarket or Wal-Mart. Some produce is COOL labeled. But I've yet to see any meat with a COOL label. Many countries do not restrict the use of chemicals on their food crops and the chemical companies still sell chemicals in other countries that are banned here in the U.S.A. Our EPA and USDA cannot inspect the areas where food is grown in other countries, so you are putting your life in danger every time you purchase fruits and vegetables grown in some other country. Case in point, the recent recall of pet food that was contaminated with wheat gluten produced in China. In many parts of the world the countries are so poor that they cannot afford commercial fertilizer so they use what is available and sometimes that is what we used to call "night soil." So, I think that COOL labeling is the best way to at least give people a choice as to the food they pay good money for! --Floyd Sheperd, Peetz, Colo.
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