For many restaurants in California, bacon and eggs is one of the most ordered items on the menu. Due to a new rule, called Pig Rules, bacon supplies in California may be a thing of the past.

“We are very concerned about the potential supply impacts and therefore cost increases,” said Matt Sutton, the public policy director for the California Restaurant Association.

the beginning of next year, California will begin enforcing an animal welfare proposition approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018. The bill includes the following.

It  requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves.

The draft text includes five separate Articles concerning:

• Egg-laying hens and the covered products of shell eggs and liquid eggs as specified
• Veal calves and the covered product of veal meat as specified
• Breeding sows and the covered product of pork meat as specified
• Clarifying definitions for exceptions to confinement requirements
• Requirements and procedures for certification and the accreditation of third-party certifiers

California will lose all of its pork supply unless the courts intervene. Animal welfare organizations have requested   the humane treatment of farm animals. According to the  California rules, it   may  be a case of consumers paying a price for their beliefs.

Based on study bacon prices will jump 60 percent costing consumers for the price to rise to up  $6  a package as reported by a study by the Hatamiya Group,  the consulting firm hired by opponents of the state proposition.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture said  the detailed regulations aren’t over and  the key rules about space for animals have been known for years.

‘It is important to note that the law itself cannot be changed by regulations and the law has been in place since the Farm Animal Confinement Proposition (Prop 12) passed by a wide margin in 2018,’ the agency said in response to questions from the AP.

Courts have supported the new California law even when lawsuits have been filed   from those in the pork industry has filed lawsuits but so far courts have supported the California law. The National Pork Producers Council and a coalition of California restaurants and business groups have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to delay the new requirements, as reported by AP.