Government to give away 672 tonnes of pork

Government to give away 672 tonnes of pork
Brent Melville
The government’s great pork intervention will see taxpayers buy up to 112 tonnes of New Zealand pork a week from wholesalers and send it to food banks over the next six weeks. As part of a Budget allocation of $14.9 million aimed at redirecting food from the primary sector that would “otherwise be wasted,” the Ministry for Primary Industries will pay for surplus pork meat resulting from covid-19 government-enforced restrictions, and have it delivered to food banks via KiwiHarvest, a food “rescue” network. The 'redirection' funding will al...

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