PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE, a nonprofit membership organization, SETH AMMERMAN, et. al. v. TOM VILSACK, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, and XAVIER BECERRA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and three physicians have filed suit against the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services alleging that the agencies’ issuance of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans violates the Administrative Procedure Act because the guidelines “fail to reflect current ‘scientific and medical knowledge.’”

[To accompany Federal Case Law Update "PCRM and Physicians File Suit Challenging USDA Dietary Guidelines" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 85.]