Ninth Circuit Affirms Bar On California AG's Efforts To Enforce Slack Fill Provisions Against Del Real In Meat And Poultry Case

On February 12, 2016, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's decision barring the California Attorney General's efforts to enforce nonfunctional slack fill provisions against Del Real LLC, a producer of Mexican heat-and-serve meat and poultry products. Del Real LLC v. Kamala D. Harris et al., No. 13-16893. The district court had issued a permanent injunction barring the AG's enforcement on the basis that the claims were preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and the...