Tim Johnson: “Time will tell whether the structural reforms and the global settlement will reduce such outrageous violations in the…”

I cannot think of a more timely hearing given recent attention on Government Sponsored Enterprises and debate over the nature and scope of their regulatory agency.

And that self-verification is indeed what we do in many other labeling circumstances, whether it is school lunch programs and all kinds of other things, Black Angus, you name it.

It seems to me that it should not be rocket science to figure out a monitoring system.

The country of origin labeling law gave USDA discretion to create an audit verification system, but not a mandatory system.