Judge Critical of FDA's Deferment Plan for Premium Cigars

(Halfwheel) Barring an immediate ruling in its favor, the cigar industry could not have had a much better day in court than the one it had today.
Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia used most of his words to criticize the legal strategy and regulatory plans of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
... Today was yet another instance where the cigar industry argued, and Mehta seemed sympathetic, to the idea that FDA did not fully evaluate how to regulate premium cigars before announcing premium cigar regulations. Continued