KIND FARMERS SLEEP WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE - 22 September 2010
Compassion in World Farming has a long and successful history of encouraging farmers, producers and retailers to recognise that there are humane and viable alternatives to barren, crowded, factory farms.. Read
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THE OUTBREAK OF SWINE FLU - 27 April 2009
Statement from Defra's Chief Veterinary
Officer on the outbreak of swine flu. Read
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CONTAMINATED IRISH PORK - 8 December 2008
Plantation Pigs is registered with The Assured British Pigs
scheme and independently audited by Product Authentication Inspectorate
Ltd. The feed companies supplying our pig feeds are members of UFAS
which is the relevant assurance scheme for the feed compounder. This
requires that all raw materials are FEMAS approved. The assurance
scheme gives traceability and assurance of feed and all activities
in the production of our Free Range Pork. It involves a disciplined
and rigorous approach to Quality Control that covers the chain of
production of our free range pigs.
Our attitude has always been to
deal exclusively with feed compounders that can offer this strict
assurance and traceability of the sourcing of all raw materials and
manufacture of end product.
Our supplying
feed companies have confirmed our feed as having been produced
to the correct nutritional parameters and safety standards.
Our compliance with the assurance scheme and that of
our suppliers gives confidence in the traceability and provenance
of our free range pork.
Hugh Norris, Managing Director
AIC MEMBER BRIEFING - DIOXIN IN IRISH PIG
PRODUCTS
Following the recall of Irish pigmeat products from the supply
chain on concern of its contamination with dioxin and dioxin-like
PCB's, the source of the issue has been identified as a waste food
recycling operation, Millstream Power Recycling, in Southern Ireland. Read
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PLANTATION PORK IS FREE-RANGE WITH NO ADDED
WATER!
'Our free-range pork excels in its taste and succulence
because we only use traditional pig breeds that improve eating
quality. Read more...
FREE RANGE, HUMANELY KILLED and not ORGANIC
I am often asked about the differences between Organic pig production and the way in which I produce my pigs. Read more...
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