GRADING MEAT.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1921, Page 4

GRADING MEAT.

SIMILAR LINES TO BUTTER. PROPOSAL REJECTED. By T»lwuiihPrpss Association Wellington, Last Night. The question of grading meat was tonight before the A. and P. and Breed ere’ Societies’ Conference, when the following remit was advanced by the executive council: “That in order to obtain a uniform quality of meat for export the Government should undertake the grading of meat.” The chairman said that while the executive was against too much interference by the Government, I hoy recognised that the grading of butter had proved of great benefit, and they believed that the grading of meat would be equally beneficial. Some speakers thought the producers should take charge of the meat from the time it left New Zealand until it went on the market. One speaker strongly opposed m.-at going to Smithfield market. Sir Francis Boyes, representing the executive of the South Island, said it was impossible to grade meat in the same manner as buttc-r. The latter could be manufactured according to grade, but uniformity of quality in mutton and lamb could not be secured, as climate and other conditions affected the latter. When the restrictions on trade were removed, the demand for better grades would improve. It would require a large number of graders to meet the varying conditions. The remit was lost.