Over the years, state and local governments across the country have approved various laws aimed at limiting the harm to animals raised for food.

Here in California, voters approved Proposition 12 in 2018 to set more humane standards for confining farm animals.

Several other states have similar laws on the books, with Oregon and Washington requiring cage-free eggs. States as varied as Florida, Michigan and Massachusetts likewise ban the use of gestation crates that force pregnant pigs to stay in small metal confinements so restrictive they can’t even turn around.

California and Massachusetts are among the states that go further, banning the in-state sale of animal products that rely on the use of battery cages, gestation crates and veal crates.

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