LABELS colors to distinguish QUALITY IBERIAN HAM

LABELS colors to distinguish QUALITY IBERIAN HAM

   The new regulation of Iberian ham, which came into force last year, aims to combat confusion and deception when Iberian ham distinguish one another by using different colored labels to distinguish different types of hams by race and power.
More information for consumers
Of the 2.3 million hams that occurred in Spain in 2012 as Iberian, only 105,000 of them were pure. With the new labeling will not be room for misleading information, but all details of the ham be clearly detailed in a category label distinguishes the hams in terms of race and power received by the pig.
Ham, COUNTRY HAM AND HAM BAIT BAITRoyal Decree 4/2014 abolishes the category recebo ham, remaining three denominations for ham:
Ham, that pigs reared in freedom in the pastures and fed on natural grass and acorns recent monthsBait Ham countryside, raised in freedom and fed on natural pastures and feedBait ham, farm-raised and fed with feed grains and legumes.Four colors to differentiate HAMThe labels can be found in:
Color black, to identify 100% ham IberianRed for Iberian ham acorn, ie hams come from pigs crossedGreen, to designate the Iberian ham Bait fieldThe white color is used on labels Bait Iberian ham.100% IBERIAN HAM AND CROSSES OF BREED100% Iberian labeling will only be used if the Iberian pig is 100%, while if it is not, the label must report the percentage of crossing that has Duroc.
The terms "PATA NEGRA", "DEHESA" Y "MONTANERA"The terms "pasture" and "open range" may only be used in the labeling of products acorn, whatever the purity of the race, never in bait or field.
The term "pata negra" is used only to refer to ham 100% Iberian.

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