Massachusetts Attorney General Files Regulations to Improve Conditions for Egg-Laying Hens
BOSTON, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has just filed long-awaited regulations which ensure that egg-laying hens are provided at least 1.5 square feet of living space each.
- BOSTON, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has just filed long-awaited regulations which ensure that egg-laying hens are provided at least 1.5 square feet of living space each.
- The release of regulations by Attorney General Healey's Office is the result of a lawsuit filed by the Humane Farming Association (HFA) the nation's leading farm-animal protection organization.
- HFA sued the Attorney General's Office for its failure to issue the regulations by January 2020 as required by law.
- In 2016, Massachusetts voters approved Question 3, a ballot measure which requires that egg-laying hens be provided no less than 1.5 square feet of floor space each.