U.S: California delays enforcement of Proposition 12

Preliminary data indicates that prices of affected pork products in California rose 20% on average.

Senators introduced the EATS Act to ensure state autonomy over agricultural practices following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 12.

A letter urges Congress to reintroduce the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act to prevent states from impeding interstate agricultural trade.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has published FAQs and a Sow Housing Guide.

California’s Proposition 12 bans the sale of pork in the state from hogs born to sows that weren’t raised according to the state’s production standards.

A summary of current state legislation addressing swine welfare in the United States and its implications.

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments presented by the NPPC challenging the constitutionality of California Proposition 12.

The National Pork Producers Council argues that Proposition 12 violates the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause.

New regulation requires minimum floor space for breeding sows and bans the sale of pork in California that does not come from animals housed under these standards.