The French government is poised to appoint an “observer” and working group as it seeks to resolve a dispute between local beef farmers and processors over slaughtering regulations and prices.
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The dispute saw around ten abattoirs in western France, run by some of the country’s leading beef cuts firms – Bigard, Charal, Socopa and Soviba – blocked by farmers for two days earlier this week, bringing production to a halt.
Farmers claim that rules governing the weighing and ranking of carcasses are not respected. Their protests were also triggered by the downward spiral in the price of beef carcasses.
Industry and farmer representatives met with officials of the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday (19 November) and gave their support to a government initiative that will see an observer submit a report at the end of January on prices. The working group will investigate the slaughtering issues raised by the farmers.
A spokesman for the beef industry body, SNIV, said the decline in prices was partly due to supply increases that had seen dairy farmers offering their cows for slaughter due to falling milk prices.
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