Stop selling Parma ham over brutal 'blood farm' links, supermarkets urged
A hormone used to produce Parma ham comes from farms in Iceland where pregnant mares are put in tiny pens so blood can be extracted
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A hormone used to produce Parma ham comes from farms in Iceland where pregnant mares are put in tiny pens so blood can be extracted
The Parma Ham Consortium is carrying out research to identify more sustainable alternatives to the traditional packaging of the pre-sliced product.
It alleges that European harmonisation is to blame for cancer-causing nitrites being added to bacon and ham. Nitrite-cured processed meats have been directly linked to 34,000 cases of bowel cancer every year by the World Health Organisation. The book has sensationally claimed that nearly half of the EU’s expert scientists, who until January 1 had the power to decide on Britain’s food additive rules, have financial links with the European food industry. And documents unearthed in the vaults of French archives, prove European “harmonisation” forced France to allow nitrites despite wa...