Arizona Sued Over Cage-Free Egg Mandate

Published on December 27, 2023

A restaurateur is suing the state of Arizona to block its upcoming cage-free egg mandate. The legal complaint (pdf) in Union LLC v. Arizona Department of Agriculture, filed in Arizona Superior Court, comes after the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) issued a regulation requiring that all chicken eggs and egg products sold in the state come from hens that were housed in a cage-free manner. The regulation, approved in 2022, takes effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Egg producers with fewer than 20,000 egg-laying hens are exempt. Arizona became the 10th state last year to forbid the production and sale of eggs from caged hens, joining Utah, Colorado, Michigan, Washington, Oregon, California, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Nevada, according to the Humane League....

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