Legal Opinion

American Meat Institute v. United States Department of Agriculture

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 28, 2014No. 13-5281PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

In 2013 the Agricultural Marketing Service (“AMS”), a branch of the Department of Agriculture, adopted a rule modifying its prior rule implementing Congress’s requirements of country-of-origin labeling (“COOL”). Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling, 78 Fed.Reg. 31,367 (May 24, 2013) (“2013 rule”). The rule requires retailers of “muscle cuts” of meat, i.e., covered meat other than ground meat (which is governed by 7 U.S.C. § 1638a(a)(2)(E)), to list (with some qualifications) the countries of origin and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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3Cited by31 opinions

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