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Could bacon disappear in California when the state s new pig rules take effect? Share Updated: 11:58 AM EDT Aug 2, 2021 By SCOTT McFETRIDGE, Associated Press
Could bacon disappear in California when the state s new pig rules take effect? Share Updated: 11:58 AM EDT Aug 2, 2021
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 11:58 AM EDT Aug 2, 2021 By SCOTT McFETRIDGE, Associated Press Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic.That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items bacon hard to get in California. Our number one seller is bacon, eggs and hash browns, said Kim, who for 15 years has run SAMS American Eatery on the city’s busy Market Street
Jeannie Kim, who runs SAMS American Eatery in San Francisco told
AP. “It could be devastating for us.”
While the veal and egg producers are positive they can meet the new standards, only 4% of hog operations currently comply with the new rules, according to
AP.
California will reportedly lose nearly all of its pork supply unless the state temporarily allows non-compliant meat to be sold in California.
AP reports the National Pork Producers Council asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for federal aid to help pay for updating hog facilities around the country.
Hog farmers say they haven t complied with the new rules because of the cost and because the state hasn t yet issued formal regulations on new standards and how they will be enforced.
Bacon May Disappear in California as Pig Rules Take Effect
DES MOINES, Iowa Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic.
That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items bacon hard to get in California.
“Our number one seller is bacon, eggs, and hash browns,” said Kim, who for 15 years has run SAMS American Eatery on the city’s busy Market Street. “It could be devastating for us.”
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