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Food & Water Watch filed suit in federal court claiming that the United States Department of Agriculture has used “obstructionist tactics” in an attempt to avoid answering the organization’s Freedom of Information Act requests related to the agency’s New Swine Inspection System, a program that eliminates maximum slaughter line speeds and reduces government required inspection.

[To accompany Federal Case Law Update "Food & Water Watch Accuses USDA of Obstruction of FOIA Requests" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 9.]