The Real Facts About Prop 12 Implementation Modification

June 28, 2023 — 

Last week's announcement about the Prop 12 implementation modification and conflicting media reports have raised confusion among some producers who simply want to know, "What's in it for me?" National Pork Producer Council's Chief Legal Strategist Michael Formica sets the record straight.

As a recap, a California judge moved the final implementation/enforcement of California Prop 12 from July 1, 2023, to Jan. 1, 2024, for the sale of non-compliant whole pork meat, provided that the meat is in the supply chain by July 1.

What that means is non-compliant pork in cold storage now in California or elsewhere to be sold into California won't be "thrown into the trash" on Saturday. That pork may be distributed in California before Dec. 31, 2023. But any pork produced after July 1 must be Prop 12 compliant to be sold into California.

Effectively this means nothing has changed for pork producers on the farm, Formica says.

Read the full story at Farm Journal's Pork.

[Source: Farm Journal's Pork 26 June 2023, by Jennifer Shike]