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2021 Utah Code
Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code
Chapter 4a - Confinement of Egg-laying Hens
Section 103 - Prohibitions.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 4-4a-103 (2021)
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Effective 5/5/2021
4-4a-103. Prohibitions.
Beginning on January 1, 2025, a farm owner or operator may not knowingly confine an egg-laying hen in an enclosure:
  • (1) that is not a cage-free housing system; or
  • (2) that has less than the amount of usable floor space per hen as required by the 2017 edition of the United Egg Producers' Animal Husbandry Guidelines for U.S. Egg-Laying Flocks: Guidelines for Cage-Free Housing.


Enacted by Chapter 323, 2021 General Session
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