The American Prospect
The Meat Industry’s Tireless Effort to Keep Live Pigs in Coffins
The Save Our Bacon Act, which would override hundreds of state food safety laws, has triggered bipartisan revulsion. But the pork industry wants it so they can keep confining pigs.
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