Legal Opinion
Supreme Beef Processors, Inc. v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 2001No. 00-11008PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Certain meat inspection regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture, which deal with the levels of Salmonella in raw meat product, were challenged as beyond the statutory authority granted to the Secretary by the Federal Meat Inspection Act. The district court struck down the regulations. We hold that the regulations fall outside of the statutory grant of rulemaking authority and affirm.
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The Federal Meat Inspection Act authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to “prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation” covering
slaughtering, meat…
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