• usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    I think you may be misunderstanding this bill. This bill attempts to gut existing state and local laws (that themselves still are weak)

    The EATS Act, short for Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression, was introduced last month by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) with a companion bill in the House from Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and would prohibit state and local governments from setting standards for how agricultural products imported from other states are produced. The bill’s language is not only sweeping, but vague, and some of its potential effects are unclear. For example, it covers the “preharvest” production of agricultural products, but “preharvest” isn’t defined.

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      1 year ago

      Yes.

      They’re mad because California won a Supreme Court battle that banned importing pork from other states unless the provider can show that the animal was allowed to move freely while being raised.

      And since California is a HUGE market, it essentially makes a lot of animal farming… I won’t say cruelty-free, but less-cruel.