Perdue

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NATURAL GROCERS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-05151-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v.

THOMAS VILSACK, et al., Defendants.

12 In 2016, Congress amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to enact the first national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standards. See 7 U.S.C. § 1639 (the disclosure statute). The purpose of the disclosure statute is to establish uniformity in the way that bioengineered food is labeled and described to consumers. Plaintiffs are retail stores that sell natural and organic food products, and organizations engaged in food safety advocacy. Defendants are the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the USDA Secretary, and the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), which is a USDA agency responsible for the marketing of agricultural commodities, among other programs. Plaintiffs filed a 115-page amended complaint that alleges a number of challenges to the disclosure statute and implementing regulations…