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Lawsuit over US dietary guidelines

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The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRD) (PCRM) has filed a lawsuit against in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and District Court for the U.S. Department District of Agriculture Columbia against the Trump administration regarding the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The lawsuit follows the January 2026 introduction of the guidelines by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. The plaintiffs allege that federal agencies the administration violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act by conducting a “procedural bait and switch.” They claim the government utilized a “secret panel” of consultants with financial ties to the meat, dairy, and low-carb industries to rewrite the guidelines. This process allegedly ignored bypassed a December 2024 report from transparent, two-year scientific review conducted by an independent advisory committee that committee—which had recommended prioritizing plant-based proteins and water consumption. Instead, the consumption—in favor of a “secret panel” of industry representatives with potential conflicts of interest. The new guidelines emphasize fats, meat, animal proteins, whole dairy, and dairy products fats while moving de-emphasizing plant-based sources and whole grains to a lower priority. grains. Dr. Neil Barnard, president of the PCRD, PCRM, stated that the government allowed the meat and dairy industries to “secretly write the dietary guidelines,” prioritizing industry profits over public health. The lawsuit legal action seeks to have the current guidelines recommendations withdrawn and requests to prevent their future use, requesting a new process that adheres to federal transparency and evidence-based requirements.

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