The United States House of Representatives has passed a new farm bill that includes a provision curbing California’s animal welfare rules from impeding pork from other states that do not meet the standards set out in Proposition 12.
The National Pork Producers Council called the vote a “massive victory” but it must pass the Senate to become law.
Proposition 12 has hindered the sale of Canadian pork to the United States if the buyer sells into California.
Among Proposition 12 rules is a ban on housing sows in gestation crates and minimum space requirements for housing pigs.
