Consumer Rights
Reuters: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates
Hormel Foods’ labeling of a meat product line as “natural” despite using the same hogs and production methods as its other brands shows the U.S. meat labeling system needs reforms,…
Hormel Foods Advertises Conventional Meat as “Natural,” Newly Released Documents Show
Today, the Public Justice Food Project published documents uncovered in the discovery of a false advertising lawsuit against Hormel Foods. The newly published documents and accompanying analysis reveal that the…
Deep Dive: Hormel
Hormel wants you to make the “Natural Choice.” Documents we’ve made public reveal how that is anything but.
Washington Post: Federal court finds 3rd Iowa ag-gag law unconstitutional
A federal judge has struck down the third attempt by the Iowa Legislature to stop animal welfare groups from secretly filming livestock abuse, finding once again that the law passed…
Court Strikes Down Iowa Recording Ban Ag-Gag Law
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ruled Iowa’s latest Ag-Gag law is unconstitutional, holding that the law — which created a new crime of trespassing to…
Des Moines Register: Judge strikes down 4th Iowa ‘ag-gag’ law in ongoing conflict over free speech vs. trespassing
A federal court has once again blocked Iowa’s efforts to bar animal rights activists from gaining access to commercial livestock operations.
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Judge says Iowa’s third ag-gag law is unconstitutional, like previous versions
For the third time in five years, a judge has struck down the Iowa Legislature’s efforts to criminalize the use of cameras in agriculture facilities and other businesses.
Courthouse News: Federal judge strikes down latest version of Iowa ‘ag-gag’ law
A federal judge in Des Moines held Monday that the latest version of Iowa’ so-called “ag-gag” law aimed at preventing animal rights groups and journalists from video recording conditions in…
Supermarket Perimiter: District of Columbia judge denies Smithfield lawsuit dismissal
A superior court judge in the District of Columbia denied Smithfield Food Inc.’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the meat producer misrepresented to consumers that a US meat shortage was…