Legal Opinion
Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. v. Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 28, 1979PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiffs, who shall be referred to collectively as the GMA (Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc.), brought this action under G. L. c. 231A, to challenge the validity of a food labeling regulation adopted in July, 1978, by the Department of Public Health (department). A single justice reported the case to the full court on the pleadings and a statement of agreed facts.
The challenged regulation appears in § 101.19 of the Massachusetts Register under the heading “FOOD, OPEN DATE LABELING” and is set forth in an appendix to this opinion. The basic purpose of the regulation is to require…
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