Ag Groups File Appeal Challenging California’s Proposition 12

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation jointly filed an appeal, challenging California’s Proposition 12, which imposes arbitrary animal housing standards that reach outside of California’s borders to farms across the United States. By attempting to regulate businesses outside of its borders, California’s Proposition 12 violates the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution the groups argued. The appeals challenge asks the court to strike Proposition 12 as invalid. Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, Proposition 12 prohibits the sale of pork not produced according to California’s standards. The proposition applies to any uncooked pork sold in the state, whether raised there or outside its borders. Currently, less than one percent of U.S. pork production meets Proposition 12’s requirements.
(SOURCE: National Pork Producers Council)