Natural Grocers v. Perdue

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 NATURAL GROCERS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-05151-JD 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT v. 9 10 THOMAS VILSACK, et al., Defendants. 11 12 13 In 2016, Congress amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to enact the first 14 national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standards. See

7 U.S.C. § 1639

(the disclosure 15 statute). The purpose of the disclosure statute is to establish uniformity in the way that 16 bioengineered food is labeled and described to consumers. Plaintiffs are retail stores that sell 17…