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California animal confinement law will touch sales from out-of-state

By Dan Flynn on December 3, 2019

California in 2020 is scheduled to begin implementing more stringent animal confinement standards for in-state and out-of-state producers who sell certain animal products the state.

The new law was overwhelmingly approved in 2018 by California…
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Utah’s ‘ag-gag’ law is second to be found unconstitutional

By Dan Flynn on July 8, 2017

Utah’s law criminalizing “both lying to get into an agricultural operation and filming once inside” violates the First Amendment and has been declared unconstitutional by Federal Judge Robert J. Shelby.

The ruling announced late Friday…
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Alleged pig abuse at The Maschhoffs shown in activists’ video

By News Desk on February 1, 2017

A video that appears to show pigs being abused at an Oklahoma hog farm has prompted investigations by its owners and the Hormel Food Co., which it supplies. Hormel, makers of Spam, bacon, chili and…
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Animal activists flood the comment zone before deadline

By Dan Flynn on December 6, 2016

Individuals and animal activists’ organizations were swarming the government comment site, regulations.gov yesterday over proposed new guidelines about labeling claims made about how animals are raised.

Monday was the deadline for comments on the new…
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Hen housing tradeoffs: Food safety, workers and consumers

By Dan Flynn on July 19, 2016

As it turns out, the food stores and restaurant chains promising to sell only cage-free eggs by some date in the future and egg producers have been doing their due diligence when it comes to…
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Animal rights mean no second chance for downer calves

By Dan Flynn on July 15, 2016

vealcalve_406x250For the veal calf headed to market, it’s a distinction without a difference. If all goes according to plan, the animal will go to slaughter without incident, which means the producer will be happy. If…
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Individual Animals (Again) Get on the Crime Victims List in Oregon

By Dan Flynn on September 3, 2015

Oregon is again the first state where prosecutors may count each abused animal as a crime victim. The state did so once before and then took it back, but now it has reinstated the court…
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