In Brief: NLEA challenge
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
NLEA challenge: Suit claiming the Nutrition Labeling & Education Act violates the First Amendment is pending in D.C. federal court, awaiting a decision from the judge. The suit, filed by Durk Pearson, Sandy Shaw, the American Preventive Medical Association, Citizens for Health and the National Health Federation in California in March 1994, was transferred to the D.C. court over a year ago. The suit claims FDA is violating the plaintiffs' right of free speech by enforcing restrictive health claims provisions ("The Tan Sheet" May 9, 1994, p. 13)...