What is Quality Standard Pork?

Quality Standard Mark for ham.   Quality Standard Mark for bacon.   Quality Standard Mark for pork.

BPEX operates an independently audited quality assurance scheme for pig meat, which covers all aspects of production, including animal welfare from birth to slaughter. Pork, gammon, bacon, ham and sausages produced under this scheme carry the distinctive Quality Standard Mark on pack. EU farmers supplying the UK are not legally obliged to meet the UK minimum legal standards on stalls and tethers. As a result, an estimated two thirds of imports are produced in a way that would be illegal in Britain.