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California ballot measure targets conditions for hens, sows

09/06/17 6:41 AM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Association of California Egg Farmers cage-free eggs HSUS Humane Society of the United States National Association of Egg Farmers Paul Shapiro pork United Egg Producers Wayne Pacelle
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017 – Egg and pork producers are vowing to fight a California ballot initiative proposed by the Humane Society of the United States and other animal rights groups that would require egg-laying hens to be cage-free by 2022 and prohibit the use of gestation crates for sows.
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