Litigants: | American Public Health Association v. Butz |
Arguedate: | January 22, |
Argueyear: | 1974 |
Decidedate: | December 19, |
Decideyear: | 1974 |
Fullname: | American Public Health Association v. Earl Butz |
Citations: | 511 F.2d 331
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Subsequent: | Rehearing en banc denied, April 9, 1975. |
Judges: | Spottswood William Robinson III, Roger Robb, Burnita Shelton Matthews (D.D.C.) |
Majority: | Robb |
Joinmajority: | Matthews |
Dissent: | Robinson |
American Public Health Association v. Butz (APHA v. Butz), 511 F.2d 331 (D.C. Cir. 1974)[1] was a United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit case argued on January 22, 1974, and decided on December 19, 1974.
The appellant was the American Public Health Association, which wanted to force Earl Butz, the then United States Secretary of Agriculture, to treat Salmonella as an adulterant in food.
The court determined that Salmonella was not an adulterant, it was naturally present in meats, and the onus was on the consumer to properly handle and cook meats.[2] [3]
In 2015, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand proposed a law that would give the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture the ability to recall meat tainted with Salmonella bacteria.[4]