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Judge Dismisses Iowa Pork’s California Prop 12 Lawsuit

Posted August 30, 2021
in Top Ag News

Another effort to challenge California’s Proposition 12 law has failed. Last week a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from the Iowa Pork Producers Association which challenged the law which will restrict the sale of pork in California starting in January 2022. The U.S. District Judge ruled that the case could not be considered in an Iowa court as the California law does not specifically target the state’s producers, though Iowa produces nearly one-third of America’s hogs. Read Iowa Pork’s reaction.

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