Food and Beverage Legal Update for November and December 2018

2 Min Read By Pooja S. Nair

Pooja S. Nair, a litigation attorney at TroyGould PC in Los Angeles, compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine.

Food and Beverage on the BallotOn November 6, several food and beveragerelated legislative initiatives were on the ballot in various states:

California voters passed the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative (Proposition 12), which requires that by 2022, all eggs sold in California come from cagefree hens. Proposition 12, also sets new minimum cage size requirements for breeding pigs and calves raised for veal and sold in California.   Chicago passed a plastic straw ban-- 55 percent of voters approved of the nonbinding referendum.  The city government now has leeway to decide how and when to enact the ban. Washington rejected a soda tax. Missouri voters passed Proposition B, to increase the state’s minimum wage from $7.85 per hour to $12 per hour by 2023.  Arkansas…