Judge denies California’s effort to set aside preliminary injunction prohibiting state from enforcing glyphosate labeling requirement.

June 14, 2018

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Federal judge rules against California in Prop 65 case
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In another win for U.S. agriculture and the national agriculture coalition fighting California’s Proposition 65 labeling requirement for glyphosate, U.S. district court Judge William Shubb, ruling for the Eastern District of California, upheld the preliminary injunction prohibiting California from enforcing the requirement until a final ruling on the matter is issued by the court.

California Attorney General Xavier Beccera had filed a motion to lift a preliminary injunction the court issued in February that prohibited the state from enforcing its labeling requirement. That motion was denied by Shubb, who upheld the preliminary injunction prohibiting the state from enforcing its Prop 65 labeling requirement for glyphosate until all of the facts are considered by the court.

“California is attempting to implement a policy that would cause damage to American farmers,” said Chandler Goule, chief executive officer for the National Association of Wheat Growers. “The facts and science are on our side, which show that glyphosate is safe for use. Farmers and growers are defending U.S. agriculture against California’s false and misleading Prop 65 labeling requirement, and maintaining this preliminary injunction is another win for them.”

In the order, Shubb ruled that California’s additional arguments do “not change the fact that the overwhelming majority of agencies that that have examined glyphosate have determined it is not a cancer risk.” He also reiterated that “the heavy weight of evidence in the record is that glyphosate is not known to cause cancer.”

Related:Attorneys general oppose glyphosate listing requirements

Glyphosate is approved for application on more than 250 agricultural crops throughout the U.S. Despite scientific findings from hundreds of studies and conclusions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institutes of Health and regulatory agencies around the world that glyphosate is safe for use, California ignored facts, data and science when it added glyphosate to the state’s Prop 65 list.

For more information on the national agriculture coalition and glyphosate, go to FixProp65.com.

The National Association of Wheat Growers is the lead plaintiff in the case against California filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The other plaintiffs include: Agribusiness Association of Iowa, Agricultural Retailers Assn., Associated Industries of Missouri, Iowa Soybean Assn., Missouri Chamber of Commerce & Industry, CropLife America, Missouri Farm Bureau, National Corn Growers Assn., North Dakota Grain Growers Assn., South Dakota Agri-Business Assn. and U.S. Durum Growers Assn.

Related:Court rules against glyphosate in Prop 65 case

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