Federalism works here...

Montana's legislature and governor show us, again, how it can be done. David Sirota reports on how that state took the lead on country-of-origin labeling for meat, with the full support of the Montana Cattlemen's Association, and despite intense lobbying by national special interest groups:

The Meat Promotion Coalition, including Cargill, Tyson Foods, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the National Pork Producers Council, and the American Farm Bureau Federation, hired a lobbying firm to make the case that country of origin labeling is too costly to implement.

“The notion country of origin is too expensive to implement is ridiculous,” said [Montana Cattlemen's Association Executive Director John] Lockie. “Independent review of COOL by the University of Florida ’s trade research center revealed the cost to be less than one-tenth of a cent per pound."

So....state legislature races do matter. A good thing to remember next fall.