Bringing the Chicago Way to the White House, President Obama is wasting no time in paying back consumer groups and Big Labor friends who helped him get elected. Obama's handpicked Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack tells consumer  groups that he plans to trash the food labeling rules worked out with consumers, producers and North American trade partners, Mexico and Canada, during last year's Farm Bill negotiations and institute new and more demanding rules. Consumer groups continue to demand detailed and costly food labeling mandates while producers and retailers protest the burden of administrative and management costs on top of already strict regulations in food  handling. Charles Abbott at Reuters reports Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's proposal for unofficial changes to country-of-origin labels on meat sold in U.S. stores may re-ignite a cattle trade dispute with Canada, two farm lobbyists said on Wednesday.President Barack Obama was scheduled to meet Canadian...(Read Full Post)