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May 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and a half dozen other senators have
proposed legislation setting a uniform national standard for the
treatment of egg-laying hens, which would ensure egg producers aren’t
blocked from selling across state lines due to differing state
standards. ~ Pete Kasperowicz
Feinstein said on Thursday that six states already have their own
standards, and 18 others could put their own rules in place soon, which
could cause problems in the years ahead. She said beginning in 2015, for
example, eggs produced in Iowa and Indiana will not be able to ship to
California because they will not meet California’s standards.
“Different standards in Michigan and Ohio will take effect later,
further adding to the patchwork of regulations,” she said. “As states
with disparate standards continue to protect their own egg producers by
banning the sale of eggs from States with lower or no standards, a
complicated web of state laws will impair interstate commerce.”
Feinstein said her bill, S. 3239,
would codify an agreement between the United Egg Producers and the
Humane Society on how egg-laying hens should be treated and how eggs
should be labeled.
“The United Egg Producers and the Humane Society of the United States
worked for over a year to reach this compromise, and I believe it is
one that strikes a very fair balance,” she said. “Producers must enlarge
cages for egg-laying hens and allow space for the birds to engage in
natural behaviors such as nesting and perching.”
Under the bill, producers would have as long as 18 years to meet
these standards, which also includes a ban on starving chickens as a
means of increasing egg production. In addition, it would prohibit
excessive levels of ammonia in hen houses and require “humane euthanasia
of spent hens.”
Feinstein said the egg industry itself has asked Congress to approve
this legislation to help it better cope with the increasing web of state
standards.
“The egg industry brought this legislation to Congress and has asked
us to help them implement the uniform regulations needed to survive and
grow,” she said. “The egg industry and the Humane Society are lock-step
in their support for this bill. They are joined in endorsing the bill by
the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Consumer Federation
of America.”
The bill is co-sponsored by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Scott
Brown (R-Mass.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), David
Vitter (R-La.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Pete Kasperowicz – May 26, 2012 – posted at GovtSlaves
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