Legal Opinion
Center for Science in the Public Interest v. United States Food and Drug Administration
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 21, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2014-0375PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
Mercury is toxic, especially to young children and developing fetuses. Because seafood contains mercury, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration have posted online recommendations for seafood consumption targeted at young children and women of child-bearing age. Plaintiffs Center for Science in the Public Interest and Mercury Policy Project, concerned that these recommendations were not reaching at-risk members of the public, petitioned FDA in 2011 to initiate a rule-making that would require…
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