US ELECTION NIGHT VOTE COULD BAN SALE OF MEAT FROM STALL-RESTRICTED LIVESTOCK IN MASSACHUSETTS
November 1st, 2016
Voters in Massachusetts are poised to decide on Tuesday [November 8] whether the US state should ban the sale of pork products or veal from animals that cannot turn around or stretch their limbs within their cages.
The provision would also ban the sale of pork and veal products produced by animals confined in stalls and cages which severely limit their movements. If approved, the new rules would go into effect in 2022. They are based on the provisions of a 2008 ballot measure approved by voters in California.
Voters are expected to approve the ballot proposal ...
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