Investigate Midwest (https://investigatemidwest.org/tag/national-pork-producers-council/)
A couple of federal court cases working their way through California's appellate system spell big trouble for Big-Meat.
Most recently the North American Meat Institute was slam dunked sideways by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on its effort to stop California Prop 12 from going into effect.
As early as this month, the Trump administration could allow pork plant employees rather than federal inspectors to be responsible for hazard analysis and critical control points inspection measures.
Heightened concern about antibiotic resistance has put livestock antibiotic use into question, but not without pushback from large hog confinement operators who say they are using antibiotics judiciously.