Gloucestershire Old Spots as there are fewer than 1000 registered breeding females. An application has been made to gain European Commission Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) status for Old Spots pig meat. This was granted on 29 July 2010. The TSG certification attests that a particular food product objectively possesses specific characteristics which differentiate it from all others in its category, and that its raw materials, composition or method of production have been consistent for a minimum of 30 years. The GOS is a large breed, white in colour with a minimum of one distinct black spot. It has lop ears which will almost
Carom billiards have a higher light sensitivity to green than to any other color, so green cloth permits play for longer periods of time without eye strain. Modern billiard balls are made from highly resilient plastics with a typical diameter of . They are significantly larger and heavier than their pocket billiards counterparts, ranging between with a typical weight of . While UMB, the International Olympic Committee-recognized world carom billiards authority, technically permits balls as small as , no major manufacturer produces such balls any longer, and the "de facto" standard is . The three standard balls in most carom billiards games