The label on your Christmas ham might say “made in New Zealand” but that doesn’t mean the animal it came from was raised here. 123RF A Christmas ham labelled “made in New Zealand” may have come from an animal raised on the other side of the world. “A lot of imported pork is produced using practices illegal in New Zealand and no Kiwi wants to think about that over Christmas,” Baines said. Cured pork includes bacon or ham containing at least 30 per cent pork flesh, and processed pork products made with at least 66 per cent pork and containing salt as a preservative. Most of the pork imported so far this year came from Germany, Poland, Australia, Canada, Spain, the United States and Finland, Baines said.

Source: Stuff December 17, 2021 00:33 UTC