![]() “If any part of a pig is sold in California, the sow it came from must be Proposition 12-compliant,” they said in a brief filed with the court. The council and the Farm Bureau said Proposition 12 gives California an outsize regulatory reach across state lines to push hog producers to either make costly changes to operations or be forced out of a market of more than 39 million people. The proposition, which also set minimum space requirements for calves raised for veal and egg-laying hens, passed with 7.5 million votes. Retailers who sell pork goods that don’t meet the test face a $1,000 fine or 180 days imprisonment per transaction. ![]() Anything less is defined as keeping the animal in a “cruel manner.” The case has the Biden administration pitted against California, and both sides' supporters include attorneys general and prominent industry, animal rights, political and other groups.Ĭalifornia is fine with pork products as long as the pig is born to an adult female kept in a 24-square-foot space under conditions that allow the sow to turn around without touching her enclosure. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dubbed the bacon case, the decision could have far-reaching consequences. Lawyers for the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation will argue before the Supreme Court on Tuesday that Proposition 12 goes too far and upends a regulatory balance that justices established 52 years ago. California voters flexed their regulatory power in 2018 when they approved a ballot measure requiring pork products sold in the state to come from the offspring of sows raised according to the Golden State’s animal welfare rules. ![]()
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