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Settlement Reached in Transshipping Pork Issue in Massachusetts

Posted on August 17, 2023
  • The food industry and Massachusetts regulators have agreed to settle a lawsuit (Massachusetts Restaurant Association v. Healey et al.) challenging the state’s animal welfare pork rules, with the
… Continue Reading Settlement Reached in Transshipping Pork Issue in Massachusetts

Amendment to House Bill Threatens Funding of Organic Standards

Posted on July 28, 2023
  • Representative Keith Self (R-Texas) submitted an amendment to H.R. 4368, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2024. The amendment would prohibit funds
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CA Court Order Permits Sale of Some Non-Compliant Pork Through End of 2023

Posted on June 30, 2023
  • As our readers know, California’s Proposition 12 is a statewide statutory initiative measure that establishes standards of confinement for certain farm animals. Throughout the course of a series of
… Continue Reading CA Court Order Permits Sale of Some Non-Compliant Pork Through End of 2023

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds California’s Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act (Proposition 12)

Posted on May 15, 2023
  • In November 2018, California voters passed a ballot initiative known as Proposition 12 (the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act), which is covered on our blog.  The Act
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USDA Releases Report on State Animal Welfare Policies

Posted on January 12, 2023
  • In December 2022, USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) published a report titled, “State Policies for Farm Animal Welfare in Production Practices of U.S. Livestock and Poultry Industries: An Overview.” The
… Continue Reading USDA Releases Report on State Animal Welfare Policies

No Rehearing Granted on California’s In-State Foie Gras Sales Ban

Posted on July 11, 2022

 9th Circ. Won’t Rethink Calif.’s In-State Foie Gras Sales Ban (Law360 Subscription Required)

  • As we reported earlier this year, plaintiffs who oppose a 2004 California law, which prohibits the force-feeding

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Continuing Litigation of California’s Foie Gras Ban

Posted on May 9, 2022

 9th Circ. Backs Calif.’s In-State Foie Gras Sales Ban (Law360 Subscription Required)

  • As we reported in 2017, the Ninth Circuit upheld a 2004 California law that prohibits force feeding a

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NY Judge Denies Dismissal of “Free-Range” Egg Suit

Posted on March 9, 2022
  • A federal judge in New York denied a motion to dismiss a proposed class action complaint which alleged that the producer of Nellie’s Free Range Eggs, Pete and Gerry’s Organics

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Prop 12 Enforcement Delayed for Some Stakeholders

Posted on January 26, 2022
  • On January 24, Judge James P. Arguelles for the Superior Court in Sacramento County ordered an enforcement delay of a part of California’s Proposition 12. Judge Arguelles ruled that grocers,

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Supreme Court Asked to Review Prop 12 Challenge

Posted on September 29, 2021
  • On September 27, agriculture industry groups, including the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision

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