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· 11/14/1983

American Health Products Co., Inc. v. Hayes

Citations

  • 574 F. Supp. 1498
  • 1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11739

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • construing the term “food” in the parenthetical exception to section 321(g)(1)(C) as having been intended by Congress to refer to its “common usage”
  • suggesting food value is broader than nutritional value and contains elements of taste, aroma, nutrition and sustenance
  • “[T]he meaning of the term “food” for purposes of the parenthetical exclusion and its technical statutory meaning for purposes of the coverage of the food provisions cannot be identical.”
  • the FDA’s interpretation that starch-blockers are drugs “merits substantial deference”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Sofaer

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