- 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
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Amendment to House Bill Threatens Funding of Organic Standards
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- 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
CA Court Order Permits Sale of Some Non-Compliant Pork Through End of 2023
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- 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
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds California’s Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act (Proposition 12)
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- 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
USDA Releases Report on State Animal Welfare Policies
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- 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
No Rehearing Granted on California’s In-State Foie Gras Sales Ban
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9th Circ. Won’t Rethink Calif.’s In-State Foie Gras Sales Ban (Law360 Subscription Required)
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Continuing Litigation of California’s Foie Gras Ban
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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