The House Agriculture draft farm bill released Friday includes two provisions Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson has long said were policy priorities: a California animal welfare rule and whole milk in school meals.
Thompson, R-Pa., followed through on his promise to address the California rule known as Proposition 12, requiring breeding sows to have room to turn around in their enclosures. The law defines that space as at least 24 square feet and calls anything less “cruel.”
Retailers face a $1,000 fine or 180 days imprisonment per transaction if they sell pork products that don’t meet the requirement.
