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A term customarily applied to the meat of a pig that is under a year old. The pig carcass is generally split into two sides of pork; each consisting of four primal cuts known as the shoulder, loin, leg/ham, and side/belly.

The loin is located on both sides of the backbone starting at the shoulder and continuing back to the hind leg.

Cuts of pork, such as hams, pork chops and bacon that have been cured with smoldering, aromatic wood.