For any product, if there is a substantive processing step done (other than basic packaging), I would consider the label to be accurate.
Additionally, mandatory COOL seems like a self-serving overreach by the cattle industry. By all means, include optional labeling specifying the country of origin, following whatever (non-fraudulent) criteria you want, and that label can be protected all you want, but don't make it mandatory.
Shades of the equally ridiculous mandatory GMO labeling that thankfully got nixed.
For any product, if there is a substantive processing step done (other than basic packaging), I would consider the label to be accurate.
Additionally, mandatory COOL seems like a self-serving overreach by the cattle industry. By all means, include optional labeling specifying the country of origin, following whatever (non-fraudulent) criteria you want, and that label can be protected all you want, but don't make it mandatory.
Shades of the equally ridiculous mandatory GMO labeling that thankfully got nixed.