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Sep. 25, 2025

Triumph Foods challenges California's pork law in federal court

Triumph Foods sued to overturn California's Proposition 12, arguing the animal-confinement law violates federal meat regulations and the Constitution by burdening out-of-state pork producers and disrupting the national pork supply chain.

Triumph Foods challenges California's pork law in federal court
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Triumph Foods, a leading national pork processor, is seeking to strike down California's animal-confinement law, arguing it's unconstitutional and unlawfully disrupts the national pork market.

The company says it is the first processor to bring a lawsuit directly challenging the state's enforcement of Proposition 12, also known as the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative.

Filed in Los Angeles federal court Tuesday by L. Scott Oliver of Husch Blackwell LLP, the M...

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