Articles tagged under: Question 3
The Impact of Prop 12 and Question 3
Published January 1, 2024
Enforcement is now underway for California’s Proposition 12 and Massachusetts’ Question 3. Pork sold in California will have to come from farms that are audited and certified as Prop 12-compliant. The Massachusetts rule is similar, but it also includes pork…AGs Challenge Massachusetts’ Q3
Published October 11, 2023
Attorney’s General from 13 states have filed a brief in opposition to Massachusetts’s Question 3. Similar to California’s Proposition 12, Q3 bans the sale of pork sold in a state that does not meet the state’s specific housing standards. The…Q3 in the Courts
Published July 27, 2023
Six Midwest swine operations are in federal district court challenging the constitutionality of a Massachusetts law. Like California’s Prop 12, Massachusetts Question 3 establishes housing requirements for out-of-state pork producers. These pork producers from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri…