I stopped buying bacon for hubby about 6 months ago when the average price hit about $7.99/lb. I stopped eat bacon, hot dogs, bologna, salami, etc., after my heart attack back in '14.
This is nothing more than a reason to jack up food prices to where they are unaffordable to the average Joe.
California pig rules could cause bacon to disappearThanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic.
That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items — bacon — hard to get in California.
"Our number one seller is bacon, eggs and hash browns," said Kim, who for 15 years has run SAMS American Eatery on the city’s busy Market Street. "It could be devastating for us."
At the beginning of next year, California will begin enforcing an animal welfare proposition approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 that requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves. National veal and egg producers are optimistic they can meet the new standards, but only 4% of hog operations now comply with the new rules. Unless the courts intervene or the state temporarily allows non-compliant meat to be sold in the state, California will lose almost all of its pork supply, much of which comes from Iowa, and pork producers will face higher costs to regain a key market................
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/california-pig-rules-bacon-disappear