Booker bill would restrict some meat-industry practices
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is teaming up with another former presidential candidate in an attempt to impose restrictions on some large-scale factory farms.
“Our food system was not broken by the pandemic and it was not broken by independent family farmers. It was broken by large, multinational corporations like Tyson, Smithfield, and JBS that, because of their buying power and size, have undue influence over the marketplace and over public policy,” Booker said. “That undue influence was on full display with President Trump’s recent executive order prioritizing meatpacker profits over the health and safety of workers.”
Four large multi-national firms produce more than 80% of the country’s beef.
Booker’s Farm System Reform Act would force meatpacking companies to openly bid on contracts related to livestock procurement and prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture from labeling imported meat products as U.S.-made.
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