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... australian pork ltd’s annual australian ham week, 3-10 july, kicks off again with the winners of the nationwide quest to name the country’s very best australian ham ... apl, the national representative body for pork producers, said the week was an opportunity to celebrate australia’s excellent home-made ham, and for consumers to take advantage of its australian porkmark trademarked label to identify wholly australian pork products ... current labelling for ham and other smallgoods products can be misleading, or at the least, confusing,” says andrew spencer ceo of australian pork limited (apl), the nation’s representative body for pork producers ... “for example ‘made in australia’ does not mean the product is made from australian grown pork, only that it has been manufactured here ... but the pink porkmark clearly distinguishes the pork as being made from australian pork - from god’s country, not god knows where ... ” the hot pink, ‘fail-safe’ identification sticker allows consumers to easily identify products made from 100 percent australian pork, produced in line with australian health and safety practices ... to date, there are over 318 butchers and smallgoods producers licensed to carry the australian porkmark on their product ... since the inception of australian ham week in 2010, the number of licensees nation wide has increased by almost 40% ... butchers and retailers across the country will be participating in australian ham week with ham tastings and special offers ... the australian ham week winners, judged by fleishmeister horst schurger and chefs paul mcdonald and simon bestley, are: australia’s best ham: westridge meats, toowoomba, qld boneless: 1st - westridge meats, toowoomba, qld; 2nd - schulz butchers, angaston, sa; 3rd -andrew’s choice smokehouse, laverton north, vic traditional bone in: 1st - barossa fine foods, elizabeth west, sa; 2nd - grays modern meat mart toowoomba, qld; 3rd - thompson’s fresh foods, hobart, tas -->

... in a bid to help confused australian consumers and in a fight back for the country’s embattled pork producers, australian ham week will be launched today (5 july) ... australian pork producers have for some time now been battling against the flood of subsidised imports from denmark, for bacon and the us and canada for leg meat (ham) ... in fact this imported meat represents over 70 per cent of australia’s ham, bacon and smallgoods consumption ... the initiative to do this has been launched by the australian pork industry producer body, australian pork limited (apl), and has been called australian ham week ... australian ham week will highlight the australian porkmark label ... the hot pink australian porkmark logo is a sure fired way to guarantee what is in the packet is 100 per cent australian home grown and manufactured ham ... the inaugural australian ham week will be heralded with the announcement of the winners of the australian porkmark ham awards for excellence ... consumer research has shown that 87 per cent of australians prefer to buy australian grown food if they could identify it, but the existing country of origin labelling regulations makes it difficult for consumers to do this ... apl ceo andrew spencer says: “traditional australian grocery labelling laws are vague and very confusing for consumers ... the square, pink australian porkmark is a no-ifs-no-buts guarantee of australian origin ... as an essential part of the yuletide feast, central to christmas in july celebrations and throughout the ensuing cold months, australian ham week will not only showcase quality, australian ham but raises awareness of the importance of supporting the local australian pork industry ... open to all smallgoods processors that make their ham from australian grown pork, the entries for australian porkmark ham awards for excellence were divided into two categories: bone-in and boneless; and judged against key criteria, including appearance, texture, aroma and taste