date:Jul 27, 2012
The lawsuit, which was filed by original petitioners GotMercury.org - a project of the Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) - and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), is seeking a response to the original 20 June 2011 request.
The petition called for the FDA to cut allowable mercury levels from 1 part per million (ppm) to 0.5ppm to bring them in line with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommendations.
Petitioners also urged the implementation of rules requiring seafood seller