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Farm Animal Confinement: Legal Challenges to Mass. Question 3

Last October, the Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) considered a challenge to Proposition 12, a California law regulating the production and sale of...

What’s Cooking with Prop 12?: SCOTUS Decision

After considering a constitutional challenge to a California ballot initiative regulating space requirements for farm animals, the Supreme Court of the United...

Proposed Regulation: Competition and Market Integrity

On Monday, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (“AMS”) released a proposed rule governing competition in the livestock and poultry industries.  This was...

What’s Cooking with Prop 12?: An Update

In 2018, California voters passed “Prop 12,” a ballot proposal regulating space requirements for farm animals.  The proposal had two main...

“Custom Exempt” Slaughter: The Exception, or the Rule?

The processing of livestock- which includes animals such as cattle, sheep, swine, and goats- is governed on a national level by...

“Ag-gag” Laws: An Update of Recent Legal Developments

State laws limiting photography or recordings on agricultural operations without the consent of the owner are commonly called “ag-gag” or “farm...

Truth in Labeling Law(suit): Missouri

Last week, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling in a case involving a Missouri law making it...

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Proposal: Bills Delegate Responsibility for Alternative Protein Safety and Labeling

By Drew Mitchell, National Agricultural Law Center Research Fellow & Elizabeth Rumley, National Agricultural Law Center Senior Staff Attorney  Within the...

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Truth in Labeling Laws(uits)

In the past calendar year, thirteen states have passed laws governing the words or phrases that can be used to identify...