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California Senate passes Assembly bill to ban certain food ingredients for safety concerns

The California Food Safety Act, which passed the State Assembly on May 15 with a 54-to-12 vote, was also approved Monday by the State Senate with a 33 to 3

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Sep 2023

California Senate passes Assembly bill to ban certain food ingredients for safety concerns

Just before the final vote, one item was removed from AB418’s list of substances banned in food

As a near-year-round body, the California Legislature does things a little differently. Until the middle of September, it has adjourned most of its committees to put the Upper Chamber’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Sep 2023

Just before the final vote, one item was removed from AB418’s list of substances banned in food

New food safety laws take effect in Texas

The 88th Texas Legislature passed two bills impacting food establishments with Sept. 1 implementation dates. The new laws benefit the 55,000 food service establishments in the Lone Star State

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Sep 2023

New food safety laws take effect in Texas

Recess dust-up may turn into fall’s Battle Royal as pork-producing states want California out of their business

The EATS Act, to stop California from regulating America’s farms and ranches by protecting states’ authority to regulate agriculture within their borders, is turning into a significant dustup that

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Aug 2023

Recess dust-up may turn into fall’s Battle Royal as pork-producing states want California out of their business

Consumers can now buy raw, unpasteurized milk in North Dakota

It is now legal to sell unpasteurized, raw milk directly to consumers in North Dakota. The state Legislature approved a measure this year making the sales possible, but it specifically

By Coral Beach

/ 8 Aug 2023

Consumers can now buy raw, unpasteurized milk in North Dakota

New significant dairy regulation takes effect with governor’s signature in Oregon

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed Senate Bill 85, imposing new restrictions on some “factory” farms, including large dairies. Two national environmental organizations working on the issue in Oregon, Food

By News Desk

/ 3 Aug 2023

New significant dairy regulation takes effect with governor’s signature in Oregon

New Jersey becomes the latest state to ban gestation crates

New Jersey Department of Agriculture officials have been ordered to adopt rules and regulations for the confinement and care of pregnant pigs and calves raised for veal. NJ legislative bills

By News Desk

/ 28 Jul 2023

New Jersey becomes the latest state to ban gestation crates

Food product safety bill continues to advance in California Legislature

The manufacturers that use red dye No. 3 and four other food additives may run out of time in California. The State Senate Appropriations Committee takes up Assembly Bill (AB)

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Jul 2023

Food product safety bill continues to advance in California Legislature

Public health is losing out in annual state battles with raw milk

Mary McGonigle-Martin, a board member of the national food safety group STOP Foodborne Illness whose son became critically ill after drinking raw milk contaminated with E. coli in 2006, says

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Jul 2023

Public health is losing out in annual state battles with raw milk

New Farm Bill is not likely to stop California’s victorious Prop 12

Prop 12, passed overwhelmingly by California voters in 2018, is currently on track to become fully effective on Jan. 1, 2024. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 ruling

By News Desk

/ 10 Jul 2023

New Farm Bill is not likely to stop California’s victorious Prop 12

State court permits the sale of non-compliant pork inventories for the remainder of 2023

The May 11 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on California’s Proposition 12 is not taking effect until at least next year. That’s because the Sacramento Superior

By News Desk

/ 29 Jun 2023

State court permits the sale of non-compliant pork inventories for the remainder of 2023

Denver initiative would ask voters in 2024 to ban livestock slaughter facilities and uses

— ANALYSIS — The outlines of a secretive plan to outlaw “the use of slaughterhouses” and put any employees who are displaced on some sort of welfare have begun to emerge in

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Jun 2023

Denver initiative would ask voters in 2024 to ban livestock slaughter facilities and uses

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California Senate passes Assembly bill to ban certain food ingredients for safety concerns

Just before the final vote, one item was removed from AB418’s list of substances banned in food

New food safety laws take effect in Texas

Recess dust-up may turn into fall’s Battle Royal as pork-producing states want California out of their business

Consumers can now buy raw, unpasteurized milk in North Dakota

New significant dairy regulation takes effect with governor’s signature in Oregon

New Jersey becomes the latest state to ban gestation crates

Food product safety bill continues to advance in California Legislature

Public health is losing out in annual state battles with raw milk

New Farm Bill is not likely to stop California’s victorious Prop 12

State court permits the sale of non-compliant pork inventories for the remainder of 2023

Denver initiative would ask voters in 2024 to ban livestock slaughter facilities and uses