California’s Proposition 12 Animal Welfare Measure Wins Big – Requires Cage-Free Eggs by 2022

Posted on November 28, 2018

After the mid-term election earlier this month, California made cage-free eggs a state law. With 62% of the votes, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 12, also known as the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act, which requires that all eggs sold in the state come from cage-free hens by 2022. Proposition 12 also bans … Continue Reading

MA Could Become First State to Regulate Containment Conditions for Food Animals

Posted on November 7, 2016

Massachusetts will vote on a ballot initiative that would ban certain means of confining farm animals in the state. Consumers are increasingly demanding ethically-minded foods such as “Cage Free” and “Pasture Raised”. Coupled with a heightened focus from animal welfare advocacy groups on animal raising conditions, it should come as no surprise that, earlier this summer, … Continue Reading

Cage-Free Kerfuffle

Posted on August 18, 2016

Massachusetts has proposed legislation restricting the sale of eggs to the “cage-free” variety. (subscription to Food Chemical News required) With consumers’ increasing appetite for more ethical food options, a number of food manufacturers are now marketing “cage-free” eggs. States are getting in on the cage-free action as well. For example, earlier this summer, the Massachusetts Supreme … Continue Reading