Pork industry says cheap imported meat trumps animal welfare standards in New Zeeland
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Published Mar 15, 2023
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NZPork boss admits that his organisation's efforts to promote local meat is a hard sell during a cost of living crisis.
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It is hard to sell homegrown pork products to New Zealand consumers during a cost of living crisis, even if local farmers follow better animal welfare practices than exporting countries, says pig industry body NZPork. NZPork’s chief executive Brent Kleiss said New Zealand imported large amounts of pork from countries with animal welfare standards below those required of their Kiwi counterparts, an issue his organisation has been continually seeking to highlight. The country imported about 73,000 tonnes of pig, by carcass weight, in the 2021/2022 financial year, with about 44,000 tonnes in carcass weight produced locally, he said. Kleiss said it was hard to sell New Zealand pork to local consumers, especially during a cost of living crisis, despite NZPork’s efforts to educate the public that imported pork was cheaper in part because overseas farmers did not have to meet the same welfare standards as applied here. “We see consumers voice their opinion that they want better animal ...
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