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European pork is the result of centuries of expertise combined with cutting-edge technology, ensuring top-tier safety, sustainability, and quality from farm to table. Strict regulations like Good Agricultural Practice and Good Hygienic Practice, enforced by EU and national institutions, uphold hygiene, environmental responsibility, and food integrity. Biosecurity measures regulate farm access, mandate strict cleaning protocols, and require protective gear. These safeguards extend to transport, slaughterhouses, and processing facilities, keeping pork pure and safe.
A comprehensive traceability system in place guarantees that every EU pork product can be tracked—from the place of origin to the tip of your fork! Following the “one step back – one step forward” policy, businesses must keep detailed records, including supplier and customer information, product descriptions, batch numbers, and dispatch dates. Every pig is tagged in a batch, slaughterhouse carcasses are stamped with unique codes, and processed products carry batch numbers, allowing full traceability at every stage. This level of transparency guarantees food safety, risk management, and consumer confidence in the quality of European pork.
Why It Matters?
This carefully regulated system guarantees that EU pork is free from antibiotics, harmful additives, and anything that could compromise your health. Plus, with full traceability, you always know exactly where your meat comes from. With some of the world’s highest standards backing it, EU pork delivers the kind of quality and reliability that stand out—making it a choice you can feel good about.
The quality of EU pork products starts with EU pigs raised on the finest ingredients, ensuring health, flavour, safety, and superior meat quality from the very beginning.
Every ingredient is carefully selected to support natural growth, without artificial enhancements. Antibiotics, hormones, and growth promoters? Not here. Hormonal growth substances have been banned since 1981, and in 2006, the EU took it further by prohibiting all antibiotics used for growth promotion.
This commitment to clean, responsible farming guarantees that every cut of EU pork and every piece of charcuterie meets the highest standards of quality, safety, and flavour. For more on EU feed regulations, visit the European Food Safety Authority.
Why It Matters?
What goes into raising pigs directly impacts the quality of the meat. The EU’s strict regulations ensure that pork is free from antibiotics, hormones, and artificial growth promoters, making it a cleaner, safer choice. With some of the world’s highest standards, EU pork offers both peace of mind and exceptional flavour, so you can trust what’s on your plate.
For over two decades, sustainability has been central to EU agriculture: nearly half of the EU’s land is managed by farms and how they operate matters! To reduce environmental impact, EU pig farming follows strict eco-friendly policies targeting emissions, energy efficiency, and climate adaptation. The goal is to minimize agriculture’s footprint while keeping the industry productive and sustainable, making European pork is both high-quality and eco-conscious.
The EU enforces strict sustainability guidelines for pig farms, ensuring the industry is both environmentally responsible and highly productive.
These regulations cover:
– Feed optimisation to reduce waste
– Efficient housing for lower resource consumption
– Smart manure management to prevent pollution
– Eco-friendly waste disposal
– Reduced energy and water use
EU pig farming also aligns with major environmental initiatives:
– Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Supports farmers, strengthens rural economies, and promotes eco-friendly practices.
– Green Deal: Aims for climate-neutral farming by 2050, investing in renewable energy and waste reduction.
– Farm to Fork Strategy: Focuses on reducing food waste, boosting food security, and ensuring fair pricing for farmers and consumers.
Why It Matters?
Being conscious about food choices isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s a statement of modern living. The EU pig sector prioritizes what matters now, integrating smarter, more sustainable practices that deliver high-quality pork while reducing environmental impact. Going for EU pork means choosing excellence, supporting responsible farming, and setting a higher standard for the entire industry.
Animal welfare is about ethics, but it also contributes to the high quality of EU pork. The EU has strict rules to ensure pigs are well cared for from birth to slaughter, promoting both animal well-being and top-notch products. These animal welfare standards are rooted in the European Convention for the Protection of Animals and are built around the ‘Five Freedoms’:
– Freedom from hunger and thirst
– Freedom from discomfort
– Freedom from pain, injury, and disease
– Freedom to express normal behaviour
– Freedom from fear and distress
The EU has specific directives for pig welfare, setting clear minimum standards:
– 24/7 access to food and water
– Minimum space requirements at all stages of growth
– Access to materials for rooting and play
– No tethering of sows and gilts
– Minimum weaning age of four weeks
On top of that, the EU’s Guides to Good and Best Practice for livestock transport emphasise smart vehicle design, proper ventilation, and enough space to keep pigs safe and stress-free on the move.
The EU legislation also advocates humane treatment, including proper stunning before slaughter to minimise pain and stress:
– Better welfare = better meat: When pigs are calm, they retain higher glycogen levels, leading to tastier, more tender, and better-coloured meat.
– No stress: Stressed pigs burn up glycogen, resulting in lower lactic acid in the meat, which affects flavour, texture, and appearance.
Why It Matters?
Animal welfare guarantees everything is done according to the best standard! And it also plays a key role in the quality of the meat: stress-free, well-cared-for pigs produce better-tasting pork, making ethical farming a win for both animals and consumers. The EU’s high standards ensure that pigs are raised and handled humanely, so when you choose EU pork, you’re choosing meat that’s responsibly sourced, ethically produced, and exceptional in quality.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
