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COOL blamed for Iowa plant closure 27 Jan 2010
The Chair of Manitoba Pork Council is blaming US Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) for the planned closure of John Morrells Sioux City, Iowa hog processing plant.
The impact of US COOL on pork producers on both sides of the Canada US border was among the key issues discussed last week when a delegation from Manitoba Pork Council travelled to Minnesota for a series of trade advocacy meetings.
Karl Kynoch, Manitoba Pork Council Chair says because of COOL, there are fewer Canadian pigs moving south resulting in fewer hogs available for US processing plants.
Packing plants need to run to full capacity to be able to make sure that they stay viable. Kynoch points out that if you look at the numbers that that plant used to operate, it coincides very well with the reduced numbers out of Canada going into the US, so Country of Origin Labelling has probably had an impact on Iowa plant being shut down.
According to Kynoch, COOL has reduced the movement of Canadian slaughter hogs into the US by 90 percent and Canadian weanlings by about 40 percent.
The Canadian pork delegation continues its trade advocacy mission this week when it travels to Des Moines for the 2010 Iowa Pork Congress.
Source: Sask Pork and Manitoba Pork Council
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