The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA) filed a lawsuit earlier this month over amendments to the Beef Checkoff program.
The suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia argues “The government unlawfully amended the legal and regulatory framework within which the state beef councils have been operating in without first initiating a public rulemaking process that affords the public with notice of its proposed amendments and provides the public with an opportunity to provide comments before the amendments are implemented,” according to a press release.
The suit argues the memorandums of understanding entered into by the USDA violated the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to allow for public comment.
