COMMUNITY NUTRITION INSTITUTE v. YOUNG

No. 84-5223.

818 F.2d 943 (1987)

COMMUNITY NUTRITION INSTITUTE, et al., Appellants, Laura A. Rogers v. Frank YOUNG, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Schultz, with whom Alan B. Morrison and Katherine A. Meyer, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellants.

Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth, Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., Thomas Scarlett, Chief Counsel, Rockville, Md., and Michael M. Landa, Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement, Food and Drug Admin., were on the brief for appellee. Patricia J. Kenney, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., Stephen D. Terman, Counsel, Food and Drug Admin., Rockville, Md., Richard K. Willard, Atty. Gen., Leonard Schaitman and John M. Rogers, Attorneys, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for appellee.

Philip C. Olsson, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for amicus curiae in support of appellee, State of South Carolina, urging affirmance of the Dist. Court decision.

Before MIKVA, EDWARDS and STARR, Circuit Judges.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

PER CURIAM:

This case makes its second appearance before this court. It presents a challenge by a consortium of organizations and private citizens (collectively referred to as CNI) to the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of certain unavoidable contaminants in food, most particularly, aflatoxins in corn.1 Pursuant...

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