Agriculture Sues Board: Pig Ban Lacks Legal Basis
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After the government's temporary pork ban came into effect on Monday, the Danish Food and Agriculture Organization has sued the state.
The lack of legal basis for the controversial pig ban is prompting the agricultural interest group to sue the state. The intention is to have the courts decide whether the government's temporary ban on new pig production is in accordance with the law.
A lawsuit from agriculture is set to lead to a showdown in principle over the Minister of Nature and Animal Welfare's power to introduce a pig ban.
The organization will ask for urgent treatment and points to uncertainty for investments and jobs.
Based on the political proposal to stop pig farming, the association does not believe that there is legal basis for this stop.
After the government's temporary pig ban came into effect on Monday, the Danish Food and Agriculture Association has sued the state. The Danish Food and Agriculture Association is suing the state in the form of the Danish Agency for Green Land Redevelopment and Aquatic Environment (Sgav). The interest group wants the courts to decide whether the government's temporary pig ban is "legal or null and void", according to a press release. According t…
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