ROBIN G. THORNTON, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated v. TYSON FOODS, INC.; CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORP.; JBS USA FOOD COMPANY; and NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLC

A federal judge in New Mexico has dismissed two lawsuits brought against Tyson and other food companies, challenging the companies’ practice of labeling beef products produced from cows raised in foreign countries as a “product of the USA.” The court found that such challenges were preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act.

[To accompany Federal Case Law Update "Tyson Wins False Labeling Suit Over Origin Labeling" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 47.]