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California’s proposition 12 raises international concerns

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The President of Minnesota Pork Producers warns California’s Proposition 12 will have an impact on pork production practices not only throughout the United States but also in Canada

  by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca

 

Proposition 12, a California ballot initiative passed in 2018, imposes new minimum space requirements for calves raised for veal, breeding sows and laying hens, restricts the use of certain production practices and bans the sale of product in California from any farm that fails to meet those standards.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation petition which questions the constitutionality of one state imposing regulations on another.

John Anderson, the President of Minnesota Pork Producers, told delegates attending Manitoba Pork’s 2022 Annual General Meeting the case has implications for all pork producers.

“One of the unknowns is what is Proposition 12, what are the regulations? How is it going to get implemented, are there going to be audits? How are we going to know the difference?
 
 
 

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