ASPCA Urges Congress to Reject the Rebranded EATS Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, federal lawmakers introduced the misleading Food Security and Farm Protection Act, legislation that is identical to the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act, which has been introduced in previous years. Contrary to its title, the bill would jeopardize animal welfare, farms and undermine food security by erasing hundreds of state and local regulations that are already in place, including those designed to protect animals, farmers, and consumers. In response, the ASPCA^® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) issued the following statement:

“Lawmakers have given a new name to a bill that still threatens to dismantle hundreds of laws across the country, including prohibitions on the extreme confinement of farm animals,” said Chelsea Blink, director of farm animal legislation for the ASPCA. “This measure would deprive states of the right to govern within their own borders, while rolling back legal protections for animals, and harming high-welfare farmers, workers, consumers, and the environment. We urge Congress to reject this proposal.”

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