ASPCA Urges Congress to Reject the EATS Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, federal lawmakers reintroduced the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act, a dangerous bill that threatens to erase hundreds of state and local regulations that are already in place, including those designed to protect animal welfare. In response, the ASPCA^® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) issued the following statement:

“In the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision upholding California’s Proposition 12 – which preserved historic protections for farm animals and affirmed consumers’ rights to support a more humane food system that aligns with their values – lawmakers parroting industrial agriculture’s false narrative have reintroduced the EATS Act, which could dismantle and pre-empt hundreds of laws across the country, including prohibitions on the extreme confinement of farm animals and laws that protect dogs in puppy mills,” said Lauren Tavar, director of farm animal legislation for the ASPCA. “This blatant attempt by Big Ag to maintain the status quo and preserve the inhumane industrial model that continues to dominate our agricultural landscape would roll back progress at the expense of animals, higher-welfare farmers, workers, consumers, and our environment, and we urge Congress to reject this dangerous proposal.”

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