One of the sad facts of tighter legislation is that for us raising pigs and even breaking even is nigh on impossible, due to the rocketing cost of feed. We have always been meticulous in keeping to the regs as we understand them, which is nothing containing animal product and nothing that has been in a kitchen. As stated previously distinguishing between garden waste ( e.g. shelling peas in the garden) and kitchen waste (doing it in the kitchen) is simple enough and easy to adhere to. I do feel depressed at the need to assume that common sense no longer prevails, but in my experience it often doesnt and the risks are just too high.
whenever we have had pigs, which we tend to alternate years to give the ground a chance to recover they do become a visitor attraction round these parts. I have lost count of the number of locals who turn up on the door step with slop bins, full of old bones, gravy, mouldy bread etc.etc, and look rather taken aback when we have to decline their offerings. The worst moment was last summer when a chap turned up outside with a bin liner full of dead chickens, fully feathered and all, instructing me to bung them to the pigs- "pigs love a bit of chicken". He clearly thought i was an idiot.
I was tempted to suggest that our hungry pigs loved anything- i'm sure they'd eat me if a lay still long enough !!
whilst such fools remain I sadly can't see how else we can try to keep some sort of control on it all.
personally i am far more horrified that there are still those who throw whole chickens and left over bones to their pigs than the prospect that there might have been a bit of a horse in my beef burger
Topic: Kitchen waste fed to pigs (Read 10551 times)
