Food Chemical News, Inc. v. Davis

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

The issue before this Court is whether the two separate “informal” meetings with consumer and distilled spirits industry representatives relative to drafting proposed regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the Treasury Department (hereinafter, “Bureau”), on ingredient labeling of distilled spirits were meetings of “advisory committees” utilized by Defendant Rex Davis, Director of the Bureau, to obtain advice within the meaning of Section 3(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (hereinafter, “Act”), 5 U.S.C.…