Michigan signs into law new cage-free egg standards

In 2009, the Michigan legislature passed a law that phased in bans on certain confinement practices for farmed animals, including egg-laying hens. On Thursday, Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist signed a bill that, among other things, establishes a new law that would require compliance by 2025 and align Michigan egg producers’ timeline to change to cage free with many of the marketplace commitments to be cage free by 2025.  Read more