COOL SUPPORT DESK

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

• 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