The law promises to get breeding pigs out of narrow cages that prevent them from standing or turning.
But it will be six months before California grocery shoppers can be sure that pork chops they buy under the new law will be from a pig whose mother wasn’t confined in a so-called gestation crate.the law, the state recently agreed to allow pork slaughtered before July 1 to be sold in California markets and restaurants for the rest of the year. That decision gives farmers and grocery stores time to adjust.
But even backers of the tougher rules recognize a silver lining in the delay: Giving producers, grocers and restaurants more time to adjust will reduce the chance of shortages. Josh Balk, who led the Humane Society of the United States’ campaign to pass the law, said "there’s going to be a smooth transition for the pork industry."and veal calves. But while those producers complied, the pork industry filed legal challenges.
To sell in California, farmers will need to operate more like Jared Schilling, who left a job as a civil engineer in Chicago to join his three siblings in shifting their family farm in southern Illinois away from gestation crates. They moved to group housing for all their breeding pigs as well as the other hogs.They thought giving the animals extra space would be more humane, but without crates breeding pigs at times fight each other.
"When they’re in the pens, they’re laying down, chill. There’s basically no noise," Schilling said. "They definitely feel more relaxed." Bacon is likely to remain well stocked because it can be frozen. But fresh products could be in shorter supply.
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