On Wednesday, December 15, 1999, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a national health advocacy group, filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

To learn more, please visit:

• Court Rules against USDA's Secrecy and Failure to Disclose Conflict of Interest in Setting Nutrition Policies
  (posted 10/02/00)

• Summary of PCRM's Lawsuit vs USDA and DHHS (updated 02/25/00)

• PCRM's Comments on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's Recommendations and Report

• Statement by Neal D. Barnard, M.D., on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's Recommendations and Report

• Dietary Guidelines Committee Members' Conflicts of Interest

• The Politics of Food: A Brief History of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines