CDFA to Host Prop 12 Implementation Webinars
The California Department of Food and Agriculture Animal Care Program will be hosting a Prop 12 Implementation Webinar Series consisting of three webinars reviewing Prop 12 Animal Confinement regulations and requirements for end-users, distributors and pork producers.
Webinars will be recorded and available for viewing after the event, CDFA said in a release. If you have questions ahead of the webinar, contact AnimalCare@cdfa.ca.gov.
The series includes:
Tuesday, June 6: 11 a.m. Pacific
Webinar for “End-Users” – retailers, restaurants, food processors
Tuesday, June 13: 11 a.m. Pacific
Webinar for “Distributors” – selling or distributing covered product to an end-user in California
Tuesday, June 27: 11 a.m. Pacific
Webinar for “Pork Producers” – keeping or housing breeding pigs
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