THE MEAT INDUSTRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17483, 29 May 1920, Page 6

THE MEAT INDUSTRY.

CONFERENCE CONCLUDES,

REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PBJsSS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Friday. Tho conference of producers and freezing companies to deal with problems of the meat export trade of the future concluded to-day. A number of resolutions were agreed to by the conference, but these are to be submitted to the Government bofore being made public. It was discovered at the conference that any attempt to deal with the conjplex questions involved by such a large meeting was doomed to failure, and it was partly as a result of this discovery that the decision was made to set up a committee to deal with details, and to submit a scheme to the Government setting out tho requirements of farmers and companies. It was decided that the committee should consist of 10 members, four to be nominated by the producers, two by the freezing companies, two by the Government, and two representatives of banking institutions. It is understood that one of the Government nominees is to be a" producer. , ~ . The order of reference for the committee is not yet available. It will bo wide enough to permit of the committee dealing fully with all problems facing tho meat industry at present. IMPORTATION INTO PRANCE. PROHIBITION REMOVED. An official announcement has been made in France that tho prohibition against the importation of frozen meat will be removed on June 1.