Animal welfare groups have adamantly scrutinized the conditions on factory farms. Facilities have tightened up in reaction to watchdog groups. Unless you’re an employee, it’s nearly impossible to get inside factory farms and meat packing facilities. Some activists have sought employment with companies in order to secretly tape or photograph conditions on farms and in meat packing facilities.

A recently passed bill in Iowa prohibits individuals from seeking employment under false pretenses. In Utah a similar bill has been proposed. If passed the bill will allow for the criminal conviction of individuals who take undercover footage of factory farms.

More about the bills can be found here.