R-CALF USA recently submitted a motion to file a friend-of-the-court brief and a brief to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to prevent the Federal Meat Inspection Act from being interpreted to govern both beef labeling and beef advertising, which the ranch group says would severely limit state's rights. According to the ranch group, the FMIA governs beef labeling, not beef advertising. "Our goal is to prevent the court from inadvertently expanding the scope of the FMIA to include advertising, which would render any future claims against the false advertisement of domestic or imported beef all but impossible," said R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard.