“Save Our Pigs!” by LewisBollard

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the 'Save Our Bacon' Act on farm animal welfare laws in the US.

Note: This post was crossposted from the Coefficient Giving Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter by the Forum team, with the author's permission. The author may not see or respond to comments on this post. Subtitle: The pork lobby is one farm bill away from gutting our strongest farm animal welfare laws Last Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed a farm bill containing the “Save Our Bacon” Act. The Act's stated aim is narrow: to wipe out California and Massachusetts’ bans on the sale of pork from pigs confined in gestation crates. Its reach is much wider. The Act would stop any state or locality from regulating the sale of meat based on how it's produced in another state. This would likely invalidate state and local bans on foie gras, crated veal, and more. It would also halt future legislative progress. Congress hasn't passed a farm animal welfare law in decades. State laws are where reforms actually happen. The SOB Act would gut them by mandating they contain a giant loophole for out-of-state imports. The Act has two notable exemptions. One is welcome: state bans on the sale of caged eggs aren’t covered. The other is telling: state [...] --- First published: May…

People in this episode

Host: EA Forum Team

Guest: Lewis Bollard

Topics covered

• farm animal welfare
• legislation
• pork industry
• animal rights
• state regulations

Keywords

• pork lobby
• gestation crates
• farm bill
• animal welfare laws
• state bans

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US House of Representatives, California, Massachusetts, Coefficient Giving Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter, Congress

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