AMERICAN MEAT

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 32, 30 April 1927, Page 12

AMERICAN MEAT

DANGER IN ENGLAND EMPIRE PRODUCE ENCOURAGEMENT NEEDED By Cable.-—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 8 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. Every quarter of chilled beef imported by Great Britain from South America is a potential source of infection, says Mr. A. R. Hassan, of the Australian Meat Council, in a letter to the Dive Stock Journal. Foot and mouth disease prevails in the Argentine and in view of Britain’s immense supplies from there Government action brooks no further delay. The Government could encourage its own breeders by supplying fresh meat for home defence stations, earmarking a portion of its marketing fund for subsidising public institutions to purchase home-grown meat. Mr. Hassan, when interviewed, said that Canada, Australia and New Zealand were diseaseless, but Australia alone offers the prospects of big supplies. If the Imperial Government was not willing to invest money in developing Australian supplies, it might announce the date from which South American im orts would cease. In the meanwt. le the Dominion Government could subsidise beef production attracting capital and develop Australian industry.—A. and N.Z.