Undercover investigations to take videos at factory farms and slaughterhouses have provided the public with valuable information about where our food comes from. It is the peoples' right to know what happens to our meat before it reaches our tables, especially because the factory farm industry is largely government subsidized.

Undercover videos have led to fines, closures, criminal charges, and the largest meat recall in American history. Undercover videos have exposed the gross mistreatment of animals, including sick animals being buried alive and being killed in inhumane ways without pain killers. We have also learned of the mistreatment of workers and complete ignorance of food safety laws.

Without undercover investigations, the factory farming industry would be left to continue to threaten the health and safety of Americans by ignoring food safety laws.

Veto Senator Brent Jackson's proposal to outlaw undercover animal abuse videos to set the food safety standard in North Carolina and America, and to prevent factory farms from abusing workers and animals and spreading sickness through government subsidized food.