Author Topic: Protection for Gloucestershire Old Spots (Read 8274 times)

Carol Knights · « **Reply #30 on:** August 30, 2010, 08:21:44 pm »

I just thought you'd like to know that Mr.Pig is wrong. If you sell meat that is the progeny of registered Gloucestershire Old Spots pigs and you can prove it, then you MAY call it Gloucestershire Old Spots pork,sausages or bacon BUT if you want to use the new 'Traditional Speciality Guaranteed ' description or logo you will probably have to go through an inspection process. S0o that's all right then.

Hilarysmum · « **Reply #31 on:** August 31, 2010, 09:19:45 am »

Can I still print out my pedigree meat certificates from BPA site ?

Fowgill Farm · « **Reply #32 on:** August 31, 2010, 09:41:34 am »

Yes Hilarysmum
You will still be able to print out your meat certs proving your GOS pork is pedigree.
As Carol says only people who want to use the TSG logo and call their meat "Traditionally Farmed GOS Pork" will need to apply to the GOS club for inspection and approval. There is going to be a scale of charges depending on how many sows or finishers you keep and the approval will be valid for three years. Details will be available on the GOS website shortly.
HTH
Mandy

Hilarysmum · « **Reply #33 on:** September 01, 2010, 07:19:48 am »

Thanks thats great.

shetlandpaul · « **Reply #34 on:** September 01, 2010, 03:35:34 pm »

would you be able to say free range gos

Fowgill Farm · « **Reply #35 on:** September 02, 2010, 09:38:22 am »

Shetland Paul
You can use the term "Free range GOS" only if your GOS parents are pedigree and registered and their offspring is birth notified (hence the benefit of the meat cert as advocated by Hilary'smum), otherwise if they're not you could only call them "Free Range Pork".
The GOS club has fought hard to protect the GOS name as some of the alledged quality end supermarkets have been purporting to sell GOS bacon & ham when it only cross bred, their packaging says sired by GOS boars but the mothers are commercial white pigs so its nothing like the real GOS product and in this way they're duping their customers. You can find more info on the LACORS ruling relating to this on the GOS website.
HTH
Mandy