Oh goodness, we just stumbled, by accident, on this interesting article from the Isle of Man and felt compelled to share it. It is from January this year. Thought you may find this of some value. Interesting about local processing. Government should not try to stop farmers exporting animals for slaughter, the Agriculture Minister told a Tynwald scrutiny committee. Phil Gawne and his department’s chief executive Richard Lole were giving evidence for a second time to the Environment and Infrastructure policy review committee which is investigating the Countryside Care Scheme. Farmers packed into the public gallery at the Legislative Council to hear them give their evidence. Committee chairman Dudley Butt MLC said the committee had heard claims that individuals were deliberately exporting live animals to undermine the viability of the Meat Plant. Mr Gawne replied that it was difficult to prove as nobody was going to openly admit they were trying to undermine the abattoir. But he said: ’We should not have government trying to stop people exporting - that’s their decision. Read more .... m.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/govt-should-not-stop-live-exports-for-slaughter-gawne-1-6352310
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 10:11:18 +0000
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