THE MEAT INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1922, Page 4

THE MEAT INDUSTRY.

THE TREATMENT OF LAMBS. SERIOUS LOSS DISCOVERED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The New Zealand Meat Producers* Board has issued a statement that in a report to the board the manager has drawn attention to the practice which many freezing works have of taking out the kidneys of lambs and also a great part of the kidney fat. The board has gone into the matter very fully, and are unanimously of opinion that this practice is not in the interests of the producers, and is of. great economic loss to the Dominion. In the course of their investigations, the board has ascertained that there were 3,951.287 lambs killed for export this season up to July 15. After quoting figures the board sa.fs it is very apparent that the freezing companies are not making any profit out of this practice, and it is certainly very costly to the producer or the exporter. This year alone, based on the killings to July--15, the loss amounts to: 703,527 killed in North Island, estimated loss, valued at Bd. £23.450; 2.535,905 killed in South Island, estimated loss, valued at lid, £11«,288. Total killings, 3,239,432; total loss. £139.678. The board has now notified all freezing companies that kidneys and kidney fat must be left in lambs slaughtered for export.