AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE et al

  1. February 10, 2015

    Meat Industry Drops Challenge To Origin Labeling Rules

    Meat and poultry groups attempting to block stricter U.S. Department of Agriculture country-of-origin labeling regulations will not pursue their claims after suffering repeated defeats, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed in D.C. federal court Monday.

  2. September 11, 2013

    Meat Industry Loses Bid To Stop US Labeling Changes

    A federal judge on Wednesday swatted away a bid from meat and poultry groups in the U.S., Mexico and Canada to halt the U.S. Department of Agriculture's efforts to implement new meat labeling regulations, finding that the groups were not likely to convince the court that the rules were unconstitutional.

  3. August 27, 2013

    Meat Industry Says Origin Labeling Violates Free Speech

    A coalition of North American meat and poultry organizations pushed a Washington federal judge Tuesday to halt the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new country-of-origin meat-labeling rules, saying the burdensome rules violate companies' First Amendment rights and could put many out of business.

  4. August 21, 2013

    Ranchers, Others Fight Bid To Ban US Meat Labeling Rules

    A cattle ranchers' association and other groups on Tuesday slammed an attempt in D.C. federal court to prevent the U.S. from implementing new country-of-origin meat-labeling rules, saying that to block the new rules would contradict the U.S.'s World Trade Organization commitments.

  5. July 26, 2013

    Meat Groups Want US Labeling Changes Halted

    Nine meat and poultry organizations from Canada, Mexico and the U.S. asked a federal judge Thursday to block the U.S. from implementing new country-of-origin meat labeling rules that they claim are excessively burdensome.

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