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Letter From The Editor: Gag me for thinking First Amendment is about truth

By Dan Flynn on January 13, 2019
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Let’s just call it over. Animal agriculture has lost another one. And this one looks to be the match.

Iowa’s “agriculture production facility fraud” law was struck down by a federal judge on Jan.…
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Allergic reaction prompts Royal Asia to recall soup from Costco

By News Desk on October 5, 2017

Tai Foong USA of Seattle is recalling Royal Asia branded frozen “Shrimp Wonton Noodle Soup” — sold exclusively at Costco stores in six states — because it contains egg that is not declared on the…
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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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Mixed district court ‘ag-gag’ rulings are getting appellate review

By Dan Flynn on May 16, 2017

The question of whether otherwise illegal acts — like lying on an employment application —  are Constitutionally protected if they prevent enterprising reporters or animal activists from being successful is now framed before a three-judge…
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Letter From The Editor: ‘Ag-gag’ end game in hands of many

By Dan Flynn on March 27, 2017

Funny thing about the federal courts. When enough of them get involved in an issue, they can end up showing how something can be done legally that previously was on shaky ground and subject to…
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Federal courts are slowly reviewing state ‘ag-gag’ laws

By Dan Flynn on November 1, 2016

privatepropertysign_406x250At this point, you would need a large barn yard just to hold all the attorneys who are involved and waiting for a decision by a federal judge on Utah’s ag-gag law. U.S. District Court…
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‘Ag-gag’ action moves from state houses to federal courts

By Dan Flynn on March 10, 2016

ag-gag-408x250 State statutes making it impossible to get in and out of animal confinement areas without breaking the law are being challenged in at least four federal courts around the country. Among the issues that will…
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Idaho defines cottage foods; food safety unaddressed

By Coral Beach on January 30, 2016

cupcakes Idaho activists have won their fight to “unchain the cupcake” gaining approval from two state legislative committees that agreed this month to define cottage foods and require such home cookin’ to be labeled when offered…
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Activists challenge NC’s new ‘ag-gag’ law in federal court

By Dan Flynn on January 14, 2016

A third state was hauled into federal court Wednesday where it will have to defend its recently enacted law to protect the privacy of animal agriculture under the force of criminal law. North Carolina joined…
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Idaho Appeals Federal Court Decision Overturning States’s Ag-Gag Law

By Dan Flynn on December 17, 2015

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco to review a lower federal court’s opinion that the Gem State’s new “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional.…
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FDA Orders Idaho Juice Company to Shut Down Operations

By News Desk on November 1, 2015

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered Sun Valley Juice Company of Ketchum, ID, to stop receiving, processing, preparing, packing, holding, and distributing juice until the agency determines that the company is complying …
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