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April 30, 2021
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and three individual doctors filed a Northern District of California lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that the food recommendations given by government departments are not accurate and are being influenced by the dairy and meat industries. Specifically, they claimed that the food guidelines do not advise Americans to avoid meat and dairy products, as recent science suggests.
The plaintiffs alleged that Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have not fulfilled their duty under the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act to publish nutritional guidelines, based on scientific knowledge for the public.