Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R-CALF) submitted a motion to file a friend-of-the-court brief and a brief to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals against the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA).
The briefs are to prevent FMIA “from being interpreted to govern both beef labeling and beef advertising,” according to the group, which says would limit states’ rights.
“Our goal is to prevent the court from inadvertently expanding the scope of the FMIA to include advertising, which would render any future claims against the false advertisement of domestic or imported beef all but impossible,” said R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard in a released statement.
