USDA sued over farm animal rights ballot measure

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[Los Angeles Times]Backers of a farm animal rights measure on California's Novemberballot have sued agriculture officials, saying they illegally approved$3 million in spending by an egg board to defeat the measure.The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday by Californians for Humane Farms,says the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the $3 million inspending by the federally supervised American Egg Board, an eggproducers' trade group, despite a law prohibiting the board from usingfunds to influence government policy....But a recent UC Davis study said that if the measure passes, thestate's $330-million egg industry will be so heavily restricted itwould face "almost complete annihilation."-- full story:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2008/08/usda-egg-board.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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