Three years ago, the Supreme Court upheld states' rights to implement welfare requirements for animal products sold within the state. Since then, the National Pork Producers Council and their pro-industry members in Congress are retaliating by trying to BAN this right at the federal level.

The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act, "Save Our Bacon" Act, and similar proposals in Congress have threatened to wipe out existing state laws requiring welfare standards for meat and dairy products and prohibit states from implementing future ethical sales regulations. These bills are a direct attempt to eviscerate citizen power and commandeer states' rights to protect animals and public health.

Now, the House Agriculture Committee is planning to add a similar provision into the Farm Bill, a large, must-pass legislative package, that would ban states from enacting animal welfare standards on food sold in-state.

If this provision passes, it would:

• Erase existing animal welfare laws in several states
• Block future state-level standards for meat and dairy products, no matter how many voters demand them
• Keep millions of animals locked in cages, mutilated, and diseased

If we don't fight back, the factory farming industry could circumvent years of policy progress, shut out higher welfare farmers, and disincentivize businesses from switching to cage-free practices. We need all hands on deck to tell Congress that farmed animal welfare laws are here to stay.

Tell your members of Congress to support local anti-cruelty laws by opposing this dangerous provision NOW.

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