Current status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 28 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to introduce an effective labelling scheme for the pig industry that provides accurate information on country of origin.
My Department has been working closely with Scottish pig industry representatives in developing the Scottish Pork Quality Mark. This provides consumers with assurance as to the origin and quality of home produced product given the EU Labelling Directive does not generally require a "country of origin" declaration.