Outdoor Reared/Outdoor Bred

There are currently no legal standards covering the descriptions of Outdoor Reared or Outdoor Bred.

The RSPCA are pushing for change as they feel consumers are in danger of being misled by these ambiguous terms.

Sadly the British Retail Consortium is against standardising the termonology, claiming retailers themselves make clear to customers the various claims and definitions.

Currently 25% - 30% of British pork is sold as Outdoor Reared or Outdoor Bred.

So what do these terms mean?

The pigs have spent some of their lives outdoors?
The pigs have spent all of their lives outdoors?
The pigs can look up at the sky when outdoors?
The pigs can frolic in a field when outdoors?