United States: Preemption under the Federal Meat Inspection Act1.

The article reports on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the case National Meat Association v. Harris. It mentions its declaration on the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) which preempted a California Penal Code provision that banned federally-inspected swine slaughter houses from purchasing nonambulatory animals. It also notes the intervention of the American Meat Institute over the case.