The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is pleased to respond to your request for comments on the country of origin labeling (COL) regulations the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published to date: the interim final rule for seafood (69 Fed. Reg. 59708 (Oct. 4, 2004)) (hereinafter “seafood IFR”) and the proposed rule for all covered commodities (68 Fed. Reg. 61944 (Oct. 30,2003)) (hereinafter “proposed rule”). As the rulemakings will ultimately produce a singlefinal regulation, we have consolidated our comments on both proceedings into a single letter.

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