Analyst warns GOP farm bill could accidentally legalize horse meat

The House-passed farm bill includes the controversial "Save Our Bacon Act," designed to override state bans on pork from pigs raised in gestation crates, which animal welfare advocates consider abusive.

Critics argue the bill's broad language may have unintended consequences.

Coefficient Giving managing director, Lewis Bollard, argued on X that the provision bars states from regulating meat sales based on production methods for "covered livestock," a category that inadvertently includes horses.