The Food Equity Alliance comprising numerous California organizations representing chambers of commerce, restaurants, retailers and meat processors has petitioned the Superior Court of Sacramento for an extension of the Court’s injunction delaying implementation of Proposition #12 until July 1st 2023. Earlier in 2022 the Superior Court for Sacramento County halted enforcement of Proposition #12 until February 28th 2023, based on the fact that the California Department of Food and Agriculture took more than two years to finalize the regulations with respect to pork producers.

It is anticipated that the Supreme Court of the United State will render an opinion on the constitutionality of Proposition #12 during the first half of 2023. The Superior Court of Sacramento is expected to approve the extension of the injunction against implementation of Proposition #12.

The Food Equity Alliance maintains that Proposition #12 “Disproportionately harms Latino and Asian grocers, restaurants and families who rely on pork as primary protein stable in everyday meals at a time when they cannot afford price increases.”

The decision of the Supreme Court will have little impact on egg production since producers both in California and states shipping eggs to the state are in compliance with Proposition #12.