Pork industry works with MPI to solve pig surplus issue

Pork industry works with MPI to solve pig surplus issue
Brent Melville
It took several conference calls on Friday and some work to sort the logistics over the weekend, but the pork industry and Ministry for Primary Industries are confident they have averted a looming animal welfare issue.Last week the pork industry said its farmers would be forced to start slaughtering thousands of pigs following the closure of independent butchers and food service under covid-19 restrictions.NZ Pork said not listing butchers as essential services had effectively removed 40 percent of local pork sales and pigs now had “nowhere to...

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