Beef plants fight shy of exports
22 July 1999
Beef plants fight shy of exports
THE St Merryn meat plant at Probus in Cornwall is expected to be the first meat processor to get British beef onto a Continental plate, but other companies are not so keen, reports The Herald.
The newspaper reports a French importer as saying Welsh and Scottish beef would be easier to sell, but not a single Scottish meat company has expressed an interest in doing so.
Getting back into the market is felt to be hedged with bureaucracy and added cost, although a consortium of eight companies is currently considering the options.
The newspaper was reporting in the aftermath of a high profile briefing of top continental buyers by the Meat and Livestock Commission this week.
- Scots meat processors wary of export market, FWi, 16 July, 1999
- The Herald 22/07/99 page 24
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