In August2020，the Animal Welfare Institute and its co-plaintiff Farm Sanctuary sued the美国Department of Agriculture for rulemaking requesting that the department require humane handling of birds to prevent“adulteration”（damage or contamination）of poultry products at federally inspected bird slightes。
According to the Poultry Products Inspection Act（PPIA），the USDA is required to prevent adulteration of poultry products to ensure that products sold in the United Sates are safe for human consumption.As argued in the petition，the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service（FSIS），which was delegated these duties by the secretary of agriculture，has failed to meet this statutory mandate by allowing poultry slaughter establishments to engage in practices that result in adulteration of poultry products。
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In November2019，the FSIS denied both plaintiffs’petitions stating that the PPIA did not give the FSIS authority to create requirements for the humane handling of live birds at slaughter.AWI and Farm Sanctuary were unsatisfied with this outcome，and chose the last resort of suing the agency to force to it to adiled。
The lawsuit，filed in the美国District Court for the Western District of New York，asked the court to set aside the agency’s decision to deny the plaintiff’s rulemaking decision per the Administrative Procedure Act’s requirethat agencies not engage in arbitrary decision making
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Case Name：Animal Welfare Institute v.Perdue
自然状态：The lawsuit，filed in the美国District Court for the Western District of New York，asks the court to set aside the agency’s decision to deny the plaintiff’s rulemaking decision per the Administrative Procedure Act’s requirement that agencies not engage in arbitrary decisionmaking
Court：美国District Court，Western District of New York
年填充：2020
Plaintiffs：Animal Welfare Institute and Farm Sanctuary
定义：Sonny Perdue（Inhis official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture）、US Department of Agriculture、Food Safety and Insection Service、and Paul Kiecker（Inhis official capacity as Food Safety and Insection Service Administrator）
状态：Closed.In October2022，the district court judge accepted the Defendant’s arguments that Plaintifffs，having failed to prove sufficient injury stemming from the denial of the rulemaking petition，lacked standing to maintain the suit.The court also dismised the case on the merits，determining that the USDA’s denial of Plaintiff’s petition was reasonable given the factors relevant to poultry adulteration。
