Save Our Bacon Act

H.R. 4673, the Save Our Bacon Act, would create a federal prerogative to regulate the interstate movement of livestock-derived products by preempting state laws that impose production standards on livestock or product-related conditions for products not raised within the enforcing state. The aim is to establish a national, uniform framework that allows producers of covered livestock—defined to include animals raised for slaughter or for products derived from milk—to raise and market their livestock across state lines without being subjected to a patchwork of differing state production standards. The bill explicitly excludes egg-producing domestic animals from its scope. In short, it seeks to ensure free, nationwide movement of livestock-derived products while aligning with international trade obligations.