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Big Pork is Betraying Farmers and American Voters to Serve a Chinese Corporation
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is pushing the 'Save Our Bacon Act' (SOB Act), which would eliminate over 600 state pre-harvest farming standards, including animal welfare laws. Smithfield Foods, a Chinese-owned corporation, heavily influences NPPC and benefits from the bill, which undermines state laws passed by voters to improve livestock treatment.
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