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Analysis: U.S. food labels seen heating up North America meat war

WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is poised to introduce stricter rules on the labeling of meat imports this week, a move that is likely to heat up a simmering trade dispute with Canada and Mexico.Under new regulations that Washington says are aimed at complying with a World Trade Organization order, all meat sold in the United States must have labels that state where an animal was born, fed and slaughtered.Meat exporters in Canada and Mexico say the new rules would cut even deeper into cattle and hog shipments that have already slumped by as much as half in the last four years. The Canadian government has threatened a possible retaliatory strike against U.S. imports, and is hoping Mexico will join it."What the Americans have proposed as a response to the WTO ruling does not get the job done - it actually makes things worse," Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said.Penalizing U.S. beef and pork is the default option, he said, adding that Canada may ask the ...

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