Dive Summary:
- California's Prop 2 mandates that all chickens in cages must be able to stand up and spread their wings without hitting the sides or top of their enclosure.
- Highly disputed by egg producers, a new lawsuit, the third of its kind, questions the wording of the bill: what about cages with multiple chickens?
- The vagueness of the the bill's wording is the complaint and for good reason, the bill will cost California egg producers millions of dollars in updating their facilities.
From the article:
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) California's landmark Proposition 2 said chickens in cages must be able to stand up and stretch their wings without touching cage walls. Whether that means one chicken at a time or a bunch at once is the impetus behind the third lawsuit filed by egg farmers since passage of the ballot measure.A group of egg farmers sued California late Friday in Fresno County Superior Court, saying the statute is unconstitutionally vague.The legal action came on the heels of a federal court decision in August on a similar claim in which the judge upheld the law."If we can't get clari...