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Latest News and Articles of Interest for Pork
Traditional Breed Pedigree Pork
has been recognised by Slow Food and pork from these breeds is now
part of the Slow Food UK - Ark of Taste alongside British Red Grouse
and Colchester Native Oysters.
For more information visit the
Ark of Taste website
Pedigree Pork Newsletter - Now
available on line Click here
Ø Pedigree Pork Pioneers -
Tamworths on the Brecon Beacons
Ø Sausage Competitions
Ø TSG for Gloucestershire Old
Spots
Chairman's meeting reports
available on-line - Click here
New Pedigree Pork bags
available-
Featured breed British Saddleback -
Click here for
details
Supermarkets lose battle to
sell crossbred pork as pedigree pork. Labelling guidelines from
Trading Standards have been tightened to prevent supermarkets
selling pork from crossbred pigs masquerading as pedigree pork from
traditional or native breeds. In future if they want to use the name
of the breed on the packaging the pork will have to come from
pedigree parents. If it is from commercial hybrid sows and only
sired by a pedigree boar then it must be clearly labelled as
crossbred. If you see any suspicious labelling of pork claiming to
be pedigree please report it to Trading Standards.
Click here to find you
local Trading Standards office.
New legislation requires
slaughterhouses to collect Food Chain Information when you bring in
your pigs. Click here for
more details.
Food Chain Information. Its up to the
abattoirs to provide the forms. If possible try to use the
BPEX on-line system.
Click Here
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