'Lamb bacon' bright idea almost didn't get off the ground for Central Victorian sheep farmer
ABCVictorian sheep farmer Toni Barton's bright idea of creating "lamb bacon" almost didn't get off the ground when food standards authorities said her product had to be made from pork. Key points: Victorian sheep farmer Toni Barton wanted to get more value out of her product and made 'lamb bacon' Ms Barton spent years gaining export accreditations, building a manufacturing plant, and travelling to the Middle East to secure contracts COVID-19 has halted orders, but easing restrictions is slowly reopening the market Ms Barton had been thinking of new ways to add value in her production process. 'Bacon not species-specific' "The first two years of my lamb bacon journey was explaining that bacon is not species-specific — it can be made from other proteins," she said. "Imagine the stress that I went under, and luckily I didn't have to go through a complete product recall," Ms Barton said.
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