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Fresh Produce: Potential Implications of Country-of-Origin Labeling

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 26, 1999
Report No. T-RCED-99-200
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Summary:

Several bills have been introduced in Congress in recent years that would require fresh produce to be labeled at the retail level by its country of origin. This testimony, which draws on an April 1999 report (GAO/RCED-99-112), discusses (1) the potential costs associated with the compliance and enforcement of a mandatory country-of-origin labeling requirement at the retail level for fresh produce, (2) trade issues associated with such a requirement, (3) the potential impact of such a requirement on the ability of the federal government and the public to respond to outbreaks of illness caused by contaminated fresh produce, and (4) consumers' views of country-of-origin labeling.

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