Legal Opinion
National Meat Assn. v. Harris
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 2012No. 10-224PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kagan
The Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA or Act), 21 U. S. C. § 601 et seq., regulates the inspection, handling, and slaughter of livestock for human consumption. We consider here whether the FMIA expressly preempts a California law dictating what slaughterhouses must do with pigs that cannot walk, known in the trade as nonambulatory pigs. We hold that the FMIA forecloses the challenged applications of the state statute.
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The FMIA regulates a broad range of activities at slaughterhouses to ensure both the safety of meat and the humane handling of animals. First enacted in 1906, after Upton…
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