Call for Withdrawal of Proposed GIPSA Rule
US - President Obama’s speech today to the US Chamber of Commerce in which he said he wants to partner with business and encourage business investment was welcome news to the American Meat Institute, which suggested that an excellent first step would be a withdrawal of one of the most onerous and controversial rules ever proposed by the US Department of Agriculture: the livestock marketing rule published in June by USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).