State agrees to extension for sale of pork that fails to comply with Proposition 12

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has agreed to a six-month extension to allow retailers to continue selling pork products that don’t comply with animal housing rules of California’s Proposition 12. The extension resulted from a lawsuit from grocery and restaurant owners that sought postponement of some provisions of the initiative passed by voters in 2018. On June 16, the Sacramento County Superior Court approved a stipulated agreement to allow noncompliant whole pork meat that is already in the commercial supply chain to be sold through Dec. 31.