If a carton touts only grade, color, and size, you’re looking at eggs from factory farms. Words like “farm fresh” and “all ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which opposes consumption of all animal products, has published a paper contending that cage-free egg production systems are no better and in some cases ...

On Dec. 19, the limestone columns of the Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia lit up with the flashing lights of a cop car. Police officers and hotel staff stood guard before the entrance as a small group of ...

LANSING, Mich. — The Trump Administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking the State of Michigan to court over cage-free egg laws that went into effect in 2025 and were passed in 2019. The DOJ ...

The federal government has sued the state of Michigan, its agriculture director and attorney general over cage-free production rules applying to eggs sold for human consumption. The lawsuit claims ...

Eggs sold in California must come from cage-free hens, like these in a Cooper Farms barn (Cooper Farms photo) The Justice Department has filed suit to strike down Michigan's cage-free egg law, ...

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The Trump administration is suing to overturn Michigan’s requirement that any eggs sold here come from cage-free hens, claiming that “imposition of state-specific egg quality standards has raised ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the state of Michigan over its prohibition on eggs laid by caged hens, arguing it is the responsibility of the federal government alone to regulate eggs bought ...

The Trump administration is taking Michigan to court, arguing that a 2019 law mandating all eggs sold in the state be produced by cage-free hens creates unnecessary regulatory hurdles and is partly to ...