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Missouri Bill Proposed to Preempt California’s Proposition 12

Posted on December 7, 2023
  • As a direct response to California’s Proposition 12, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has introduced the Protecting Interstate Commerce for Livestock Producers Act with the goal of protecting farmers from state
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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

Congressional Hearing Seeks Ways to Promote Competition in Meat Industry

Posted on June 15, 2023
  • On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, the House Judiciary Subcommittee held a hearing titled: “Where’s the Beef? Regulatory Barriers to Entry and Competition in Meat Processing” to examine how various aspects
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Marketing Implications of California’s Proposition 12

Posted on June 1, 2023
  • As we have previously blogged, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld California’s Proposition 12 (Prop 12) on May 11, 2023, which bans the sale of pork in California unless breeding
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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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Supreme Court to Review California Prop 12

Posted on March 31, 2022
  • On Monday, March 28th, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a Writ of Certiorari petition submitted by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the American Farm Bureau Federation

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FSIS Proposes Pork Standards to Address Salmonella

Posted on February 24, 2022
  • On February 16, 2022, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published its proposed pathogen reduction performance standards to address Salmonella in raw comminuted pork and raw pork cuts.
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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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Prop 12 Prevails over Constitutionality Complaints

Posted on September 2, 2021
  • On August 20, 2021, an Iowa federal judge dismissed a May 2021 lawsuit filed in Iowa federal district court by the Iowa Pork Producers Association (“IPPA”) and three Iowa pork

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