Animal activists always seem to have something going on, with no shortage of organizations to carry out their agendas. Last Sept. 2, an incoming petition to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) asked for a notice conveying that:
1) State government officials are not categorically preempted from enforcing state anti-cruelty
Continue Reading The petition suggests federal jurisdiction may be casting a shadow over state animal cruelty
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 voters as Proposition 12. It covers breeding pigs, veal calves, and egg-laying hens kept on
Continue Reading California animal confinement law will touch sales from out-of-state
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 by the U.S. District Court for Utah resolves the first lawsuit in the nation to
Continue Reading Utah’s ‘ag-gag’ law is second to be found unconstitutional
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 other products, is looking into the Oklahoma facility, which is owned by The Maschhoffs LLC,
Continue Reading Alleged pig abuse at The Maschhoffs shown in activists’ video
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 labeling guidelines that were rolled out last September. The guidelines require supporting documentation when submitting
Continue Reading Animal activists flood the comment zone before deadline
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 the housing of laying hens. Recently released findings of the Laying Hen Housing Research Project
Continue Reading Hen housing tradeoffs: Food safety, workers and consumers
For 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 the veal calf, however, falls down and cannot get up, the animal will be “promptly
Continue Reading Animal rights mean no second chance for downer calves
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 precedent to let animals count as individuals under state law. Non-humans have long had victim
Continue Reading Individual Animals (Again) Get on the Crime Victims List in Oregon
