FSIS Petition 23-07

USDA asked to share animal welfare with state law enforcement in pending petition

Princess Bednarski, Livestock Manager for the Houston Humane Society (HHS), has renewed support for a 2-year-old petition from Animal Partisan to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Jul 2025

USDA asked to share animal welfare with state law enforcement in pending petition

A comment is longer than the petition for animal cruelty investigations

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has, since last Sept. 2, been considering a 14-page petition from Animal Partisan requesting that it issue a notice to convey that: 1)

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Jun 2024

A comment is longer than the petition for animal cruelty investigations

State anti-cruelty enforcement doesn’t need to be bound by federal authority, prosecutors say

An organization for all prosecutors, including appointed and elected and their deputies and assistants, supports the pending Animal Partisan petition. The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) is a private non-profit

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Mar 2024

State anti-cruelty enforcement doesn’t need to be bound by federal authority, prosecutors say

Animal activists claim state officials are not exempt from enforcing anti-cruelty laws

A petition filed last year with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is among the first to generate a comment in 2024. Animal Partisan, one of the nation’

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Jan 2024

Animal activists claim state officials are not exempt from enforcing anti-cruelty laws

The petition suggests federal jurisdiction may be casting a shadow over state animal cruelty

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

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Oct 2023

The petition suggests federal jurisdiction may be casting a shadow over state animal cruelty

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USDA asked to share animal welfare with state law enforcement in pending petition

A comment is longer than the petition for animal cruelty investigations

State anti-cruelty enforcement doesn’t need to be bound by federal authority, prosecutors say

Animal activists claim state officials are not exempt from enforcing anti-cruelty laws

The petition suggests federal jurisdiction may be casting a shadow over state animal cruelty