We have been talking about the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act for several weeks now and we have discussed with Iowa lawmakers about the benefits it could have. But are there unintended consequences that could outweigh the benefits?
Mike Schultz is VP of the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM). He talks with IARN about some of the “unintended consequences” that could come from the EATS Act. That includes the OCM’s concerns that this will leave a wide-open door for Chinese-owned meat companies to dump pork into the California marketplace. Pork that could possibly be raised in China but labeled under the “U.S. brand” and therefore circumventing our international standards.
He also discusses the need to have more independent producers and better competition from American farmers, and less reliance on foreign Ag imports, which we don’t always need.
Learn more about the concerns and positions of the Organization for Competitive Markets on their website.
