With the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill, the market for cannabis pet products has rapidly grown. As a result, broad-reaching marketing campaigns highlighting the available products and the claimed benefits have become much more prevalent. In response to the prevalence of these campaigns, the FDA and FTC have had to increase efforts to monitor
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Proposed bill in New Jersey would be used to establish that animals treated cruelly are persons who can sue in court.
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
The bill that provides for an advocate in criminal cases in New Jersey, concerning the welfare of care of animals has been reintroduced as A 4533 with additional language which renders it even more problematic for animal owners than before.
A preamble was added as Section 1, stating
- The Legislature finds and declares that animals
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New Jersey Bill Proposing Regulation of Dog Breeding is Superfluous, Unnecessary and Redundant
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
On July 1, 2018, bill S2820 was introduced in the New Jersey Senate that would direct the NJ Department of Health to “adopt dog breeding standards; prohibit . . . dog breeding without {a] USDA license; and [require] compliance with DOH standards.”
Notably, there is no sister bill, and because of the fatal flaws in…