Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has joined a brief in support of farm groups' lawsuit against the state of California.
The National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation are suing California over Proposition 12, which prohibits the sale of veal, pork or eggs produced from animals not raised in accordance with the state's animal-confinement regulations.
"For farmers and ranchers to comply would be a major financial burden for Oklahoma producers that would translate into significantly higher prices at the grocery store. Growing up on a wheat and cattle farm in Garfield County, I understand the extremely difficult conditions our farmers and ranchers already face. Adding more red tape, like California’s Proposition 12, would make this way of life next to impossible," Hunter said in a statement.
Hunter and 14 other state attorneys general say the California law violates a constitutional prohibition on state laws unduly restricting interstate commerce.
