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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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Food safety might come up in handful of state ballot measures

By Dan Flynn on July 4, 2018

State and local ballot issues involving food and agriculture sometimes push food safety onto the political stage. Not much of that is likely in 2018, however, because this year only a handful of states are…
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No big boom yet in egg industry ‘cage-free’ hen housing

By News Desk on June 8, 2018

Egg producers would have to triple the number of laying hens kept in so-called cage-free housing to make good on their promise to meet demands for restaurant and retail chains by 2025.

Only 16.8 percent…
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Egg-Producing States File Appeal Over California’s Proposition 2

By Dan Flynn on March 9, 2015

States that, until recently, sold a total of 2 billion shell eggs a year in California clearly don’t intend to give up on that lucrative Golden State market without a fight. After first getting tossed…
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Appeals Court: CA’s Proposition 2 Passes Constitutional Muster

By Dan Flynn on February 5, 2015

Another federal court decision has upheld California’s Proposition 2, which passed overwhelming in 2008 and has dramatically raised raw shell egg prices in the Golden State since this past Jan. 1 when it became effective.
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Letter From the Editor: CA Law Likely to Increase Egg Prices, But What About Food Safety?

By Dan Flynn on December 21, 2014

On Jan. 2, a new California law will require that shell eggs sold at retail in the state will come only from hens housed in larger cages, be they resident or non-resident hens. This change…
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Egg-Producing States to Appeal California’s Battery Cage Rule

By News Desk on November 10, 2014

Notice has been filed of a planned appeal by several egg-producing states outside California objecting to the requirement that only eggs from hens kept in so-called Proposition 2 cages can be sold in California. A…
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Despite Ruling, Midwest Egg Producers Unlikely to Give Up California Market Without a Fight

By Dan Flynn on October 6, 2014

Even after being told last week that they don’t have standing to sue in federal court, six Midwest egg-producing states aren’t likely to give up either battery cages for their laying hens nor the…
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