Source: AGWEB, 7/30/19


The California ballot initiative, which passed Nov. 6, 2018, will significantly increase the price of pork for consumers both in California and nationwide. Set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, it applies to any pork sold in California, whether raised there or outside of the state’s borders. It bans the sale of products from animals that were not raised in accordance with the production method it prescribes.  For pigs, the proposition applies to the meat from breeding sows, which are “confined in a cruel manner” or their offspring.

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