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California Assembly Members Introduce Bill to Ban Certain Color Additives

Posted on March 23, 2023
  • In February 2023, California Assemblymembers Jesse Gabriel and Buffy Wicks introduced legislation (AB 418) that would prohibit the manufacture or distribution In California of foods containing the additives
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California Finalizes Prop 12 Regulations

Posted on September 8, 2022
  • California’s Department of Food Agriculture (CDFA) recently published its finalized animal confinement regulations, codified at 3 C.C.R. § 1320-1326, as well as the accompanying Final Statement of Reasons.

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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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U.S. Government Files Amicus Brief in Prop 12 Case

Posted on June 23, 2022
  • As previously reported,  on March 28, 2022, the U.S. Supreme court granted a Writ of Certiorari petition submitted by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the American Farm

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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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Prop 65 Settlement on Lead in Infant Formula

Posted on February 7, 2022
  • California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known by its original name of Proposition 65 (Prop 65), prohibits knowingly exposing any individual to a listed chemical

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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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CA Judge Denied Vanilla Ice Cream Class Certification

Posted on November 3, 2021
  • On October 27, a California federal judge denied certification to a proposed class of consumers who were allegedly misled by Unilever’s marketing of Breyers’ Natural Vanilla ice cream (subscription to

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FDA Enters Food Safety Agreements with Four States

Posted on October 13, 2021
  • On October 7, the FDA announced that the Agency entered into domestic mutual reliance agreements with California, Florida, Utah, and Wisconsin. The mutual reliance agreements facilitate a coordinated effort between

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California Passes Hemp Bill into Law

Posted on October 12, 2021
  • On October 6, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 45 into law, which allows for the inclusion of hemp and cannabinoids (e.g., CBD), extracts, or derivatives of hemp in

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