MEAT EXPORT TRADE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20086, 30 April 1927, Page 11

MEAT EXPORT TRADE

DANGERS OF ARGENTINA BEEF. STRONG PLEA FOE EMPIRE PRODUCE*. (Tnaa JutodeUon—By Telegraph— Oopjright.) LONDON. April 28. “Every quarter of chilled beef imported to Britain from South America is a potential source of infection,’ states Mr Hassan, the Australian Meat Board s representative, in a letter to the Live Stock Journal. “Foot and mouth disease prevails in Argentina, and, in view of Britain’s immense supplies from that country, Government action brooks no delay. The Government could encourage British breeders by supplying fresh meat at the Home defence stations, and by earmarking a portion of its marketing fund for subsidisig public institutions which purchase Home-grown meat.” Mr Hassan, interviewed, said that Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand cattle were without disease, but Australia alone offered prospects of big supplies. If the Imperial Government was unwilling to invest money in developing Australian supplies it might announce a date on which South American imports would cease. Meanwhile the Commonwealth Government could subsidise beef production, thus attracting capital to develop the Australian industry.”—Argus and Sydney Sun Cable.