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A man who has spent more than 40 years in the meat industry says the best thing that happened to the industry in NZ was the UK joining the European Union in 1973.

Shareholders and suppliers of Alliance Group are upset that the country’s biggest meat processing company did not work during the Easter holiday period while other companies did.

All of the country’s small butchers can operate contactless home delivery services under the current COVID-19 lockdown rules.

COVID-19 will continue to impact heavily on the ability of farmers to get stock killed during April and May.

Butchers can now process pork, but only for supply to supermarkets and other retailers.

COVID-19 had little impact on NZ sheepmeat and beef exports in February, says the Meat Industry Association (MIA).

Pig farmers want the Government to allow independent butchers to resume trading immediately and help avoid an animal welfare crisis on farms.

Farmers are being urged to act now in response to new COVID-19 protocols for processing companies that will impact processing capacity.

The biggest threat to the primary sector – right now – is if COVID-19 gets into a processing plant, says Mike Petersen, former special trade envoy and Beef + Lamb chair.

Meat processor Alliance is warning farmers to brace for a drop in prices for their lamb and cattle.