Egg-Producing States to Appeal California’s Battery Cage Rule

FOOD SAFETY NEWS | NOVEMBER 10, 2014 Notice has been filed of a planned appeal by several egg-producing states outside California objecting to the requirement that only eggs from hens kept in so-called Proposition 2 cages can be sold in California. A trial judge earlier rejected the claims on grounds the states representing their egg producers lacked  Continue Reading »

Vermont Becomes First State to Mandate Labeling of Foods Made with Genetically Modified Organisms

(Reuters) – Vermont on Thursday (May 8) became the first U.S. state to mandate labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms as Governor Peter Shumlin signed a law that is widely expected to be challenged in court by some food and agriculture companies. The law, set to take effect July 1, 2016, would for the first  Continue Reading »