Britain calls for foreign butchers to avoid pig cull

"What we're going to do is allow butchers in abattoirs and meat processors dealing with pigs, to be able to come in on a temporary basis under the Seasonal Worker scheme for up to six months," Eustice told reporters. "That will help us to deal with the backlog of pigs that we currently have on farms to give those meat processors the ability to slaughter more pigs," he said.


Reuters | London | Updated: 14-10-2021 22:36 IST | Created: 14-10-2021 22:36 IST
Britain calls for foreign butchers to avoid pig cull
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Britain will offer 6-month emergency visas to foreign butchers to avoid a mass pig cull caused by a shortage of labour and market disruption, Environment Secretary George Eustice said on Thursday. "What we're going to do is allow butchers in abattoirs and meat processors dealing with pigs, to be able to come in on a temporary basis under the Seasonal Worker scheme for up to six months," Eustice told reporters.

"That will help us to deal with the backlog of pigs that we currently have on farms to give those meat processors the ability to slaughter more pigs," he said. "Crucially as well we're going to make available what's called private storage aid to help those abattoirs to temporarily store that meat in order to help clear this backlog before they can release it to market," he said.

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