California pork law requiring more space for pigs upheld by Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has upheld a California animal cruelty law that requires more space for breeding pigs, which pork producers say could force industry-wide changes and raise the cost of bacon and other pork products nationwide. The law, Proposition 12, was passed in 2018 and requires pork sold in California to come from pigs whose mothers were raised with at least 24 square feet of space, ruling out confined “gestation crates” that are common in the pork industry. The court's decision was based on the grounds that the case was properly dismissed by lower courts.