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The Trump administration filed a complaint against the governor of California Gavin Newsom and other state officials concerning laws establishing administrative formalities on the production of eggs which ultimately increase the prices of eggs nationwide.
The Ministry of Justice (DoJ) announced the trial on Wednesday, calling Newsom, the attorney general Rob Bonta and other state officials for violating the supremacy clause of the American Constitution.
The complaint disputes the laws and regulations of California which impose costly requirements on farmers, which in turn leads to the prices of eggs increasing for American consumers. More specifically, laws prohibit farmers to use commonly accepted agricultural methods that help keep the eggs affordable, according to the MJ.
The law on the inspection of egg products establishes standards to ensure that eggs and egg products are labeled and packaged correctly, the DOJ added, and the law pre -empts the laws of states that impose additional regulatory obstacles.
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Eggs without cage in a Costco store. (Lindsey Nicholson / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)
“Americans across the country have undergone the consequences of liberal policies provoking massive inflation for daily articles such as eggs,” said Prosecutor General Pam Bondi. “Under the direction of President Trump, we will use the full extent of the federal law to ensure that American families are free from oppressive regulatory charges and restore American prosperity.”
The trial alleges that California contributes upwards of egg prices by imposing administrative formalities on the production of eggs.
“Thanks to a combination of electoral initiatives, legislative staging and regulations, California has effectively prevented farmers from the country from using a number of agricultural production methods that were widely used – and who helped keep the eggs affordable,” said the trial.
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A herd of outdoor chickens in a farm pen. (Istock)
California prohibits the sale of eggs that are produced by various practices accepted. The trial said that state laws are intended to increase the quality and physical form of human consumption of eggs and egg products sold in California.
“But California’s egg standards do not advance consumers’ well-being,” said the trial. “With regard to the initiative of the most recent voters in California, imposing new quality standards of eggs, proposal 12, California Department of Food and Agriculture declared in its regulatory analysis that, despite the alleged concern of the health and safety of the eggs of the initiative” are not based on scientific literature specifically revised by the community or scientific standards. concerns. ‘”
Instead, the trial alleges that the regulation of California eggs has been effective in increasing the prices of American consumers.
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A buyer inspects an egg box in a supermarket. (Istock / Istock)
“Indeed, proposal 12 alone has” caused a significant increase in “egg prices” and has therefore led to a considerable reduction in the surplus of consumers “,” said the trial. Proposal 12 was approved by voters on November 6, 2018 and added egg standards and animal housing requirements already imposed by the State.
Proposal 12 was intended to increase animal welfare and the quality of eggs for human consumption, and it was motivated by the design of activists of what is considered “cruel” animal housing rather than by consumer purchasing decisions or food security and animal protection standards based on science, according to the trial.
For example, the proposal imposed the standard of living for egg -weighted chickens, prohibiting them from being confined to a space that prevents them from going to bed, getting up, expanding their members fully or turning freely at any time.
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Additional regulations included a minimum offer of a square foot of the floor space usable by hen for systems at several levels and partially with slats, and a minimum of 1.5 square feet of floor space usable per pool in floor systems at a level.
The regulations also define a “housing system without cage” as “an environment controlled inside or outside for laying hens within which the hens are free to move without restriction; Are provided enriched which allow them to present natural behaviors, including, in a minimum, scratch areas, perches, nesting and dust baths and in which agricultural employees can provide care while standing in knots of knots in chicken areas.
Egg sales in California that do not comply with Californian regulations are considered criminal offenses which bear a penalty up to a fine of $ 1,000 and 180 days in prison. Violations are also considered to be “unfair competition”, which could lead to civil action for damages.
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“Bureaucratic administrative formalities and unnecessary regulations implemented by the State of California have made the cost of daily goods, such as eggs, less affordable for the Americans,” said the deputy prosecutor of the American civil division Brett Shumate. “This Ministry of Justice will work to release consumers from this regulatory burden and will bring economic prosperity to families.”
The Newsom office did not immediately respond to the Fox Business comments.
