Pork Checkoff Suit Dismissed

Court Says Humane Society Lacked Standing

Todd Neeley
By  Todd Neeley , DTN Staff Reporter
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The National Pork Board unannounced its "Pork: Be Inspired" slogan in March 2011. (Logo courtesy of the National Pork Board)
The National Pork Board unannounced its "Pork: Be Inspired" slogan in March 2011. (Logo courtesy of the National Pork Board)
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed a lawsuit alleging the U.S. secretary of agriculture violated the law when he approved the sale of a checkoff slogan from the National Pork Producers Council to the National Pork Board.

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Todd Neeley

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