The North American Meat Institute and National Pork Producers Council applaud a bill signed into law in Massachusetts to delay enforcement of restrictions for pork production by seven-and-a-half months.
The 2016 ballot initiative is similar to California’s Proposition 12 which will ban the sale of pork from hogs born to sows that are housed in pens that don’t comply with new Massachusetts standards.
NPPC president Jen Sorenson says these ballot measures claim to improve animal welfare of hogs but instead make it harder and more dangerous for producers to practice good animal husbandry.
