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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A coalition of animal rights and food safety groups are stinging from a legal setback in their efforts to toughen New Jersey's standards for the humane treatment of farm animals.
A state appellate court unanimously decided Friday to reject the coalition's attempt to block new state standards which it claims are flawed.
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture, following a directive from the state Legislature, developed and adopted regulations governing humane care, raising and marketing of domestic livestock, affecting animals from poultry and rabbits to pigs and cows. Some of the regulations were adopted in June 2004 and others more recently.
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