The National Pork Producers Council Tuesday expressed support for the No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017. The legislation, introduced in the U.S. House by Wisconsin Republican James Sensenbrenner, would stop states from adopting laws and regulations that ban the sale of out-of-state products that do not meet their criteria. NPPC says that means the bill would prohibit a state from imposing tax or regulatory burdens on businesses, including pork operations, that are not physically present in the state. NPPC CEO Neil Dierks testified to Congress Tuesday saying, “Changes in production practices should be driven by the marketplace, not government fiats or even ballot initiatives.”
Nine states have banned, through legislation or ballot measures, gestation stalls, battery cages, and veal crates, but only California and Massachusetts extended the bans to sales in their state of products produced anywhere in the country that does not comply with their housing standards.
Source: NAFB News Service