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California restaurant and grocery industry leaders don’t know if they can take another hit. That’s why a coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block its implementation.

Seaboard Foods, the second-biggest U.S. pork producer, will limit sales of certain pork products in California due to a measure requiring farmers provide more space for animals raised for food sold in the state.

Despite modification to proposed rules for Proposition 12, the proposed rules are flawed and more time is needed for compliance, argues The North American Meat Institute.

Another California law could have major implications for hog producers, consumers

NPPC’s Michael Formica predicts Proposition 12 repercussions will be seen in California as early as this morning.

The pork industry is still waiting to see if the Supreme Court will take NPPC and AFBF’s case against California’s Proposition 12. NPPC CEO Bryan Humphreys shares an update on what this means for pork producers.

A California federal judge denied an attempt by Iowa pork producers to block California’s Proposition 12 with a preliminary injunction and granted California’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

The Supreme Court of the United States announced on March 28 that it will take up the National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation’s challenge to California’s Proposition 12.

The American Farm Bureau Federation and National Pork Producers Council filed a brief June 13 with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12. Here’s what you need to know.

The U.S. government filed a brief to the Supreme Court supporting the National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation’s challenge to California’s animal housing law, Proposition 12.