Twelve state attorneys general have challenged a Massachusetts ballot measure approved by voters that restricts the sale of animal products in that state that were produced in confinement. The measure also bans the use of confinement in food animal production in Massachusetts.
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is leading the case and is joined by attorneys general in Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin and eight other states. They have filed a lawsuit in the US Supreme Court challenging the state of Massachusetts’ efforts to regulate farming in other states.
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