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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/USA/1737/Add.4

Notification No.

Notification Type

Notifying Member

Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

Days to Final Date

Title

Animal Confinement

Objective

Quality requirements (TBT); Protection of animal or plant life or health (TBT)

Product Covered

Animal confinement

Document Notification

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HSCODE

01 - LIVE ANIMALS; 01 - LIVE ANIMALS

ICSCODE

03.120 - Quality; 03.120 - Quality; 65.020 - Farming and forestry; 65.020 - Farming and forestry

Keywords

Animal health

Specific Regions

Description

TITLE: Proposition 12, Farm Animal ConfinementAGENCY: Department of Food and Agriculture, State of CaliforniaACTION: Implementation AnnouncementSUMMARY: The Sacramento Superior Court has issued a modification of its 28 November 2022 Order in California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce v. Ross (Case No. 34-2021-80003765) concerning enforcement of Proposition 12 with respect to whole pork meat. The Court’s new order provides that the previously issued injunction against enforcement expires as scheduled on 1 July 2023, except with respect to certain noncompliant whole pork meat that is already in the stream of commerce (as detailed in the Court’s order), which may be sold through 31 December 2023. Specifically, the Court’s new order states:1  The declaratory and injunctive relief imposed by the Court in its 2 February 2022 Judgment and Prohibitory Writ of Mandate, as modified by the Court’s 28 November 2022 Order, will expire on 1 July 2023, except with respect to noncompliant whole pork meat that:2  a. as of 1 July 2023, is in the possession of an “end-user” (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 3, § 1322, subd. (o)) or a “pork distributor” (id., subd. (t)) or on the premises of an establishment at which mandatory inspection is provided under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.) and that holds an establishment number (prefix “M”) granted by the Food Safety Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (“federally-inspected entity”); 3  b. is self-certified by the end-user, pork distributor, or other federally-inspected entity to have been in their possession or was in the possession of another end-user, pork distributor, or other federally-inspected entity as of 1 July 2023; and4  c. is ultimately sold, transferred, exported, or donated on or before 31 December 2023.Further details and information available -Link to California Animal Care Program Proposition 12, Farm Animal Confinement website: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/AnimalCare/Link to view California’s Animal Confinement regulationshttps://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Browse/Home/California/CaliforniaCodeofRegulations?guid=I15D32E0034C011ED931ECFCD255CC9C8&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default))Link to Key Terms guidance document

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