American Meat Institute v. Ball

OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

This case was originally before Judge Noel Fox who issued a partial summary judgment dismissing Count I of this Complaint that Section 4a of the Michigan Com-minuted Meat Law, 1973 P.A. 143, M.C.L. § 289.584a; M.S.A. § 12.964(4.1) violated the Supremacy Clause. Plaintiff, representing seven meat producers, stated that Congress had preempted the entire marking and labeling field for federally inspected meat and meat food products when, in' Section 408 of the Wholesome Meat Act, 21 U.S.C. § 678, it declared, in'material part, that:. . . Marking, labeling,…