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[ChristinaK]

The USDA may not have been able to do much, especially with the June 2024 Supreme Court overturning of the 1984 Chevron doctrine, which had set precedent that required courts to give deference to federal agencies when creating regulations based on an ambiguous law. Which means that even if the experts at the USDA attempt at enforcing regulatory action against a company, a federal judge with 0 food safety expertise can come in and say "nah, that regulatory violation doesn't necessarily violate the ambiguous law Congress enacted." :-/

[Seathalos]

The USDA may not have been able to do much, especially with the June 2024 Supreme Court overturning of the 1984 Chevron doctrine, which had set precedent that required courts to give deference to federal agencies when creating regulations based on an ambiguous law. Which means that even if the experts at the USDA attempt at enforcing regulatory action against a company, a federal judge with 0 food safety expertise can come in and say "nah, that regulatory violation doesn't necessarily violate the ambiguous law Congress enacted." :-/

Unfortunately you do have a good point. Gotta love how we are gutting our bare minimum regulatory bodies that were set in place to try to limit harm because of flimsy "interpretations" of the constitution ratified by one of the most corrupt/bribed and un-democratic  institutions in the western world. But hey why should we try to have quick acting, precise, and efficient regulatory bodies when our supreme court justices can get an average of >$200k in "gifts" if they cozy up to billionaires by deregulating the industries they have stakes in. 

[Mistborn42]

June 2024 Supreme Court overturning of the 1984 Chevron doctrine

Ah, the eternal grift 😎 great link BTW!