You can tell them and tell them, but do they listen? Noooooo. Well, in fact, I never told “them” anything, but there’s enough information out there warning against falsely claiming imported articles are “Made in America” to let everyone know that it’s a really bad idea. The Federal Trade Commission considers false claims of United States origin to be…
You can tell them and tell them, but do they listen? Noooooo. Well, in fact, I never told “them” anything, but there’s enough information out there warning against falsely claiming imported articles are “Made in America” to let everyone know that it’s a really bad idea. The Federal Trade Commission considers false claims of United States origin to be…
Just when I thought I was running out of blog topics, along comes the Federal Circuit to stir the pot for country of origin determinations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In Acetris Health, LLC v. United States, the appellate court clarified the circumstances under which an article qualifies as a “U.S.-made end product” qualified for purchase…
Why does the ‘Product of the USA’ label mean so much to cattle ranchers? A group of American small-business cattle ranchers called the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R-CALF) is lobbying its tail off to change America’s beef-labeling laws. Labeling laws have caused small ranchers to lock horns with major meatpackers for years, and now R-CALF hopes to…
