Pork 360 is an assurance scheme that demonstrates that farmers and the South African pork value chain are committed to best practices, from the farm to the consumer.

Using global guidelines, the Pork 360 standards verify the integrity of South African pork, ensuring that safe, fresh, and affordable pork is supplied to consumers. Pork 360 promotes the sustainable production of pork in South Africa to ensure that we can continue to produce pork for future generations.

Participating members of Pork 360 are audited annually by independent auditors to ensure compliance with prescribed standards.

The Pork 360 standards address, among others, the following:

Monitoring of antibiotic residues in meat

Correct slaughter techniques

Hygiene management policies

Water quality monitoring

Animal identification

Record-keeping

Recalls and batch identification

Animal movement tracking

Sow housing

Space allowance in pens and on vehicles

Human animal handling

Disease monitoring

Access control

Sanitation

Contingency plans

Pest control

Water usage

Control of wastewater

Responsible handling and disposal of biohazardous waste

The assurance scheme ensures that the consumer will have enough healthy and tasty pork to fill their plates for many meals to come. Through Pork 360, everyone in the value chain is assured of safe, fresh, and affordable South African pork.

To assist the pork supply chain in meeting the growing demand for food safety, South African pork producers developed a farm assurance scheme to address best practices throughout the pork value chain, from the farm to the consumer.

This certification is a commitment to the consumer that South African farmers, processors, and retailers all adopt best practices and processes that comply with global standards to ensure safe, fresh, and affordable pork.

Participating members of this assurance scheme are audited annually by independent auditors to ensure that prescribed standards are adhered to.