# After Lengthy Court Battle, Company Agrees To Stop Rendering Animal Parts in Southeast LA | LAist

> Baker Commodities Inc. settled with South Coast Air Quality Management District after a nearly two-year court battle, agreeing to stop rendering raw animal parts at its Vernon, California facility. The company will pay $400,000 and surrender its rendering permits.

- Date: 2024-05-02 · published 2024-05-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30386-after-lengthy-court-battle-company-agrees-to-stop-rendering-animal-parts-in
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Closure of a rendering facility removes a small amount of local animal-by-product processing capacity in Los Angeles. The effect on national rendered protein supply and prices is expected to be minimal.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- laist.com: https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/baker-commodities-air-quality-settlement-aqmd-rendering

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