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commodities—beef, pork, lamb, fish and shellfish, fruits and vegetables, and peanuts—sold at the retail level to be identified by their country of origin label (COOL). In a 2004 ruling, regulations were published to implement COOL for fish and shellfish. The regulations became effective inApril 2005. Congress responded to growing criticisms of the program by extending the comment period and allowing further debate on the COOL provision for the remaining commodities. This resulted in a delay of mandatory COOL for the remaining covered commodities