Labels to indicate if food is U.S.-grown, or imported as Health Concerns Widen

WASHINGTON, DC (GroundReport) – As of Monday, shoppers are more likely to see more labels, particularly labels indicating where foods come from.

According to reports, it’s a time law in the wake of China’s milk scandal and the recent salmonella-tainted Mexican peppers, prompting grave concern over imported foods into the U.S.

So far, shoppers have had little clue where many everyday foods — meats, fresh fruit and vegetables, certain nuts — originate. The new titled COOL law, for Country-Of-Origin Labeling, will change all that.

”We do see it as an important step on the road to a more comprehensive system for tracing food items” during outbreaks, says Caroline Smith DeWaal of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, reports The Associated Press.

”It will be a very good thing because we’ll have a lot more information,” says Jean Halloran of Consumers Union.