BRITAIN’S MEAT

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 105, 27 January 1933, Page 9

BRITAIN’S MEAT

Limitation of Imports OTTAWA AGREEMENTS Official Wireless. Rugby, Jan. 25. The Board of Trade, reviewing the position regarding the supplies of imported meat, states that in accordance with the arrangements made in November, the marketings of chilled beef from South America were reduced by 10 per cent, from November 15 to the end of the year. Arrivals for the first six weeks of the current quarter will be about 10 per cent, below the rate permitted by the Ottawa agreements, and it is the present intention that the same reduction will apply till the end of March. . Imports of frozen beef and frozen mutton and lamb from all foreign countries in the current quarter are limited under the Ottawa agreements to 90 .per cent, of the quantity imported a year ago. Similarly, in conformity "with the Ottawa arrangements, the total quantity of mutton and lamb to be imported to the United Kingdom in 1933 from Australia and New Zealand will not exceed the quantities shipped during the year ending June 30, 1932, shipments being regulated in accordance with the anticipated requirements of the market. The stocks of beef, mutton, and lamb and of bacon and hams held by the cold storage companies in Britain on January 1 are not abnormal. As regards bacon and hams, the agreement of the principal exporting countries has been obtained to a continuance until February 22 of the existing arrangements for a reduction of imports by some 15 per cent., as compared with a year ago. The steps to be taken after February 22 will be discussed with representatives of the countries concerned. The effect of these arrangements is kept under review by an advisory committee. MEAT MARKING Antagonism to Proposals London, Jan. 25. The meat marking inquiry has been adjourned for some weeks. The committeemen later will see experiments in marketing meat, but it will be some time before they arrive at a decision. There has been so much antagonism to the marking proposals that it Is unlikely they will recommend ink-mark-ing, but well-informed circles believe that some form of marking will be advised. The committee’s decision is not binding.