American Meat Institute v. United States Department of Agriculture

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20173
No(s). 13-5281 (D.C. Cir. Jul 29, 2014)

The D.C. Circuit upheld USDA regulations mandating the disclosure of country-of-origin information about meat products. A group of trade associations representing livestock producers, feedlot operators, and meat packers claimed that the rule violated their First Amendment rights because the mandate ...