Legal Opinion
Community Nutrition Institute v. Frank Young, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 26, 1985No. 84-5223PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
STARR, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of corn adulterated by the presence of aflatoxin. Aflatoxins are by-products of certain common molds that grow on various crops, including corn. The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “agency”) permits the shipment of corn containing aflatoxin below an informally adopted “action level.” The agency has from time to time granted exemptions to its prescribed action level; moreover, the FDA has permitted blending of adulterated and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Block v. Community Nutrition InstituteSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Young v. Community Nutrition InstituteSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Community Nutrition Institute, Laura A. Rogers v. Frank Young, Commissioner, Food and Drug AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. Department of EnergyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- National Wildlife Federation v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Trailways Lines, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
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