Telling porkies: Pork brands caught making false 'free-range' claims

By Esther Han
Updated September 21 2015 - 10:18am, first published September 4 2015 - 1:38am
Some traders were deceptively using the terms "outdoor bred" and "bred free- range" to describe the living conditions of the sow, rather than the pigs raised for consumption. Photo: Jessica Hromas
Some traders were deceptively using the terms "outdoor bred" and "bred free- range" to describe the living conditions of the sow, rather than the pigs raised for consumption. Photo: Jessica Hromas

If you buy "free-range" pork, believing it's from pigs that can move about in a paddock, the consumer watchdog says you have most likely been misled and wasted your money.

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