Pork sector welcomes quality mark

The Irish Freerange Breeders Association (IFBA) has welcomed ‘freerange’ as a quality mark for pork and bacon — after two years of negotiations.

The IFBA was formed over two years ago, when they were invited to join the Meat Meat Technical Committee at Bord Bia in order to define what ‘freerange’ should mean.

Alfie McCaffrey (Oldfarm Pork), acting as chairman of the association, has been leading work on a satisfactory wording and terminology for ‘freerange’ status.