States’ Adoption of California Pig Welfare Law Could Lead to Market ‘Chaos,’ Ag Secretary Testifies by John Haughey – US Politics News

Unless Congress strengthens the federal Commerce Clause soon, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned a House panel on Feb. 14 that “there’s going to be chaos” not only in commodity markets, but in regulatory jurisdictions across virtually all products, services, and statutory obligations.
Mr. Vilsack implored the House Agriculture Committee to spearhead a legislative remedy to counter a May ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld a California law that bans the sale of pork from hogs unless the animals are raised in a space that exceeds industry norms.
“I’m not sure that this Congress is going to be able to pass legislation but, with due respect,” he said during a six-hour hearing on the stalled, expired five-year Farm Bill, “I would suggest if we don’t take this issue seriously, we’re going to have chaos in the marketplace because there’s nothing preventing any state from doing what California did.”…