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Food Security and Farm Protection Act / Save Our Bacon Act

separately confined pigs in metal crates
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Overview

The dangerous and extremely controversial EATS Act was reintroduced in Congress as the Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S. 1326). Now, a similar bill, the so-called Save Our Bacon Act (H.R. 4673), has been introduced in the House. Both bills, if enacted, would nullify state laws protecting animals from some of the cruelest confinement practices, not only causing them harm but also overturning the will of voters who directly approved California’s Proposition 12. This would set a dangerous precedent that members of Congress should decisively reject.

Take Action: Act Now to Protect State Laws Benefiting Farmed Animals 

In 2023, in a significant animal welfare victory, the US Supreme Court upheld California’s Proposition 12, which prohibits the in-state sale of products from animals cruelly confined to battery cages, gestation crates, or veal crates. Since then, the pork industry has campaigned unremittingly to get Prop 12 and similar laws overturned.

In response to Prop 12 and a growing number of state laws requiring improved housing conditions for farmed animals, two controversial bills have recently been introduced in Congress: the Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S. 1326) and the Save Our Bacon Act (H.R. 4673). These bills would nullify state laws that protect animals from some of the cruelest confinement practices, including the use of battery cages, gestation crates, and veal crates.

Take Action for Farmed Animals

Sows peer out from gestation crates at an industrial pig farm. These sows live confined inside bare, concrete-floored enclosures large enough only for them to sit, stand and lie down, but they cannot walk or turn around. A concrete wall is their only view.

Act Now to Protect State Laws Benefiting Farmed Animals 

In response to a growing number of state laws requiring improved housing conditions for farmed animals, two controversial bills have been introduced in Congress: the Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S. 1326) and the Save Our Bacon Act (H.R. 4673). These bills seek to nullify state laws that protect animals from some of the cruelest confinement practices, including the use of gestation crates and veal crates. The Save Our Bacon Act was recently included in a version of the Farm Bill advanced by the House Committee on Agriculture. Urge your members of Congress to oppose S. 1326 and H.R. 4673, as well as their inclusion in the Farm Bill or any other legislative packages.


 

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