Animal ag undoubtedly is a challenging sector of the agricultural production industry with animal welfare and state policies increasingly at the forefront.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument on NPCC v. Ross from a lawsuit challenging California’s Proposition 12, a law that bans the sale of pork from hogs that don’t meet the state’s production standards.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case brought by the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation against California’s Proposition 12. In January, Proposition 12 banned the sale of pork in California from hogs born to sows that weren’t raised according to the state’s production standards.
The Meat Institute opposes the law because it will hurt the nation’s food value chain by significantly increasing costs for producers and consumers.
Proposition 12 is having a ripple effect well beyond the borders of California, and constitutional challenges don’t appear to be going well.
The Meat Institute opposes Prop 12 because it will hurt the nation’s food value chain by significantly increasing costs for producers and consumers.
California’s Proposition 12 established minimum space requirements based on square feet for calves raised for veal, breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens.