Legal Opinion
Marcy Schuck, Individually and on Behalf of Her Infant Son v. Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 23, 1974No. 72-1973PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
On February 9, 1972, appellants filed a petition with the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to 7 C.F.R. § 1.28, asking him to impose an immediate ban on the addition of sodium nitrates and sodium nitrites (hereinafter referred to as nitrites) to meat products. Appellants further requested that the Secretary appoint a panel of “distinguished scientists” to determine the usefulness of nitrites in preventing botulism in meat products. 1
On March 16, 1972, Assistant Secretary Richard Lyng responded to the petition in a letter which stated that the Department would not immediately prohibit all use…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McKart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Unemployment Compensation Comm'n of Alaska v. AragonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
3Cited by8 opinions
- Public Citizen, Claudia Silverman and Sidney M. Wolfe v. Carol Tucker Foreman, Assistant Secretary, Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. v. HarrisDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1979
- National Pork Producers Council v. BerglandCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Prune Bargaining Ass'n v. ButzDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1975
- National Pork Producers Council v. BerglandCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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