WASHINGTON — A lawsuit filed Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleges federal agencies improperly rewrote the nation’s dietary guidelines.
The suit, brought by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit that advocates for plant-based diets, claims the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture used a “secret panel” of scientists backed by the beef and dairy industries to flip the food pyramid. It also alleges the government disregarded federal law that dictates how advisory committees function.
