Internation Dairy Foods Ass'n v. Amestoy

I respectfully dissent. Vermont’s regulation requiring disclosure of use of rBST in milk production was based on substantial state interests, including worries about rBST’s impact on human and cow health, fears for the survival of small dairy farms, and concerns about the manipulation of nature through biotechnology. The objective of the plaintiff milk producers is to conceal their use of rBST from consumers. The policy of the First Amendment, in its application to commercial speech, is to favor the flow of accurate, relevant information. The majority’s invocation of the First Amendment to…