Article: BC Pork Producers comment on Pickton Pig Farm label used by the News Media.

VANCOUVER -- VANCOUVER, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The BC Pork Producers, along with all pork producers in Canada and the USA, are disturbed to hear and to read about all the issues concerning the Robert Pickton case. The pork industry is disheartened when the story is labeled as the Pickton Pig Farm. We, as producers of pork, work very hard to raise food safe products as we serve a universal market.

Robert Pickton never registered as a pig farmer with BC Pork. In fact, he had more sheep on his property than he had pigs! The story became catchy when the media started using the name "Robert Pickton Pig Farm."

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