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I am writing this post from LAX, on my way home from the UCLA-Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy Conference .  It was an excellent conference, bringing together food law scholars and policy experts from across the world.  There were many highlights, including a fantastic key note address by Dr. David Kessler.  Special thanks go to Michael Roberts , Director of the Resnick Program for Food Law & Policy for his work in pulling together such an excellent event. One aspect of the conference provided a unique opportunity.  After the substantive sessions, conference participants were treated to a private screening of the new film Food Chains followed by a panel discussion that included the film's Director,  Sanjay Rawal .  I recommend this film highly to anyone involved in agricultural law, food law, or interested in our food system. Food Chains is the story of farmworkers in America, through the lens of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in Southern Florida.  Their co

Source:  Center for Food Safety The latest chapter in the California battery cage saga ended last week.   State of Missouri, et al. v. Harris is no more. Background :  California�s Prevention of Farm Cruelty Act was enacted in a 2008 ballot initiative (Prop 2).   The law , which takes effect on January 1, 2015, criminalizes production practices that involve confining or tethering a farmed animal �for all or the majority of the day, in a manner that prevents such animal from (a) lying down, standing up, and fully extending his or her limbs; and (b) turning around freely.�  One such confinement practice is the use of battery cages for laying hens, so the department of agriculture issued specific hen housing standards.  At the urging of California egg producers, in 2010 the legislature enacted AB 1437 , which, as of January 1, will ban the sale of eggs for human consumption produced in violation of the new standards.  In February the state of Missouri filed for declaratory relief, alleg