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Author Topic: Can I trace a pig from its slap mark?  (Read 2285 times)

suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Can I trace a pig from its slap mark?
« on: December 21, 2014, 09:19:18 am »
Just curious really. Bought a gammon from the butcher and it has a slap mark on it - 73746.


How can I trace the origin of the pig?




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oaklandspigs

  • Joined Nov 2009
  • East Sussex
    • OaklandsPigs
Re: Can I trace a pig from its slap mark?
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2014, 09:43:42 am »
Don't think that's a UK slapmark and not a slaughterhouse number, could be a processor number, whereabouts did you buy it, and is it definitely uk?

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Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Herefordshire
Re: Can I trace a pig from its slap mark?
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2014, 10:49:05 am »
UK herd nos. are one or two letters followed by 4 numbers - AB1234.

suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: Can I trace a pig from its slap mark?
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2014, 03:48:32 pm »
I got it from the butcher. He wasn't pretending that it was anything other than a bog standard gammon. Yes - the slap mark isn't English. I expect it's Danish


Anyway - it turned out as per so I'm happy
« Last Edit: December 21, 2014, 05:22:18 pm by suziequeue »
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Can I trace a pig from its slap mark?
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2014, 04:17:29 pm »
It looks very nice  :thumbsup:
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