Are battery cages legal in the US?

At the federal level, there is no legislation prohibiting the use of battery cages. A 2017 United Egg Producers report estimates that 85 percent of commercial egg production in the US uses battery cages, compared with 90 percent globally. Yet many states have begun passing their own laws to curtail the use of this type of confinement. Some of these laws have been passed in just the past few years.

 

The following states have passed legislation that either bans or requires the phasing-out of battery cages:

 

l  California

l  Colorado

l  Massachusetts

l  Michigan

l  Ohio

l  Oregon

l  Rhode Island

l  Utah

l  Washington