Legal Opinion

American Meat Institute v. United States Department of Agriculture

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided September 11, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2013-1033PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Before this Court is a motion for a preliminary injunction challenging a regulation that the Agricultural Marketing Service (“the AMS” or “the agency”) promulgated in May of 2013, pursuant to a statute Congress first passed in 2002. The regulation implements a statutory scheme regarding “country-of-origin labeling” (“COOL”) for certain commodities. See 78 Fed.Reg. 31,367 (May 24, 2013) (“Final Rule — Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Goat Meat, Wild and Farm-Raised Fish and Shellfish,…

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