Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate introduced legislation recently that would strike down California’s animal-welfare law created as a result of Proposition 12.
The Food Security and Farm Protection Act introduced by Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, would prevent any state or local government from passing laws that interfere with commerce and agricultural practices outside their jurisdictions.
Proposition 12 makes it a criminal offense and civil violation to sell whole pork meat in California unless the pig it comes from is born to a sow that was housed within 24 square feet of space and in conditions that allow a sow to turn around without touching an enclosure.
Proposition 12 applies to any uncooked pork sold in the state, regardless of whether it was raised in California.
