LINCOLN- Twenty-two pork-production states are pushing for an appeal of a federal district court ruling that upheld a 2016 ballot measure in Massachusetts to prohibit the sale of pork, poultry, and veal from livestock that was “confined in a cruel manner.” The 2016 measure, known as Question 3, has been challenged multiple times by hog farmers and pork coalitions with the support of a coalition of pork producers in 2023.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird headed an amici curiae, or an informational brief in support of one side of a case, with 21 additional states to voice opposition to laws that impose “unworkable restrictions” on hog producers. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers was one of those who signed on.

The law is similar to California’s Proposition 12 in that both restrict the sale of meat from pigs, calves raised for veal, or egg-laying hens that were raised in a confining manner, “that prevents the animal from lying down, standing up, fully extending its limbs, or turning around freely.”

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