Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2) and Zach Nunn (R-IA-3) introduced the bill, which has companion legislation in the Senate titled the 鈥淓nding Agriculture Trade Suppression (EATS) Ac.,鈥� It is sponsored by Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) with support from other Senators, including Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

The EATS Act was prompted by California鈥檚 Proposition 12 and Massachusetts鈥� Question 3, both of which ban the sale of pork from hogs whose mothers were raised in housing that fails to meet the states鈥� arbitrary standards. It would prevent states like California or Massachusetts from passing laws that seek to regulate agricultural production practices on farms outside of the state.

According to the聽National Pork Producers Council聽(NPPC), the EATS Act restores the long-standing relationship between states and the federal government under the U.S. Constitution鈥檚 Commerce Clause, which grants Congress the exclusive power to regulate trade between and among the states and restricts states from regulating commerce outside their borders.

NPPC supports finding a legislative solution, like the EATS Act, to Proposition 12 to prevent state and local governments from interfering with the production of agricultural products in other states.

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鈥淲hat鈥檚 impossible is to make pork from plants,鈥� said Dan Kovich, science and technology director of the National Pork Producers Council. 鈥淎ny adjective placed in front of the word pork can only refine it, not redefine it. It鈥檚 not pork. It鈥檚 not pork sausage. It can鈥檛 be labeled as such.鈥�

Impossible Foods hasn鈥檛 revealed when its alternative pork products will hit store shelves, though six Burger King locations this month will begin offering the 鈥淚mpossible Croissan鈥檞ich鈥� with a pre-seasoned Impossible Sausage.

Source: Politico