2 CRAFTBUTCHER l JUNE 2018
INDUSTRY NEWS
SMALL SLAUGHTERHOUSES: CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
Te recent co-operation COMMENT
Well done to Ansell’s on their 90th anniversary and to Darren Morgan on becoming Shropshire’s ‘Butcher of the Year’. Congratulations also to finalists and winners at the Meat Management Awards and to Mark Duckworth at the Q Guild conference. Despite the challenges for
local abattoirs, ‘use by dates’ on vacuum pouched meat and General Data Protection Regulations it’s refreshing that positivity reigns and with individual tenacity and an ability to adapt, success comes. Darwin said, ‘It’s not
the strongest or the most intelligent but the most adaptable that survive’. Although AHDB’s latest
Cheeky Beef ‘Tin Steaks’ campaign, for those of a certain age, isn’t so much about evolution than deja vue smacking more of ‘my wife’s got the lot’ than ‘Recipe for Love’ or ‘Beefy ‘n Lamby’. If what goes around
comes around, we’ll ALL be popping down to Primark for a pair of flares! n
ROGER KELSEY Editor
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between the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT) and the National Federation of Meat and Food Traders (NFMFT) has developed into a national campaign - Te Campaign for Local Abattoirs (CFLA). Te union between SFT
and NFMFT was originally fostered by President John Mettrick when he spoke at a recent conference organised by the Trust. Te campaign is also supported by the National Sheep Association, individual small abattoir owners, farmers and others involved in the slaughter and marketing of locally produced meat. Check out the website:
www.localabattoirs.com Also read the SFT
report- “A Good Life and a Good Death: Re-Localising Farm Animal Slaughter” on their website: www.
sustainablefoodtrust.org/ articles/a-good-life-and-a- good-death-re-localising- farm-animal-slaughter Te campaign has
warned that there is a full- blown crisis developing in the smaller abattoir sector, which threatens the supply of traceable local meat; something that will concern butchers everywhere. Te group are planning
several activities over the next few months which will emphasize the level of bureaucracy, paperwork and inefficient, disproportionate inspection that is imposed on the sector. We will keep you in touch with developments.
Te purpose of the
Campaign for Local Abattoirs is to help ensure a sustainable future for a UK-wide network of smaller local abattoirs, through lobbying the UK governments to take urgent action, and by working with the industry and governments to find longer-term solutions to the problems facing the sector. Te group is calling initially
for the payments offered by the Welsh Government to be matched in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Tis will
genuine risk-based inspection system, which EHOs carry out on all food establishments. It is reckoned that the
smaller abattoir sector has declined in overall numbers by about one third in the last decade and although total throughput has also declined it is nowhere near a third. Six more small abattoirs have closed so far in 2018. Te highest profile of these being Bakers of Nailsea. Many butchers will
remember Toby Bakers frequent letters to the editor
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give the abattoirs a breathing space whilst sustainable long-term practical solutions to their specific problems can be developed through an urgent official in-depth review of smaller abattoirs. Major areas to be reviewed include veterinary supervision, options for disposing of waste, and reducing the bureaucratic and cost burdens. For these longer-term answers, Brexit offers a unique opportunity for beneficial change, including a
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of the Meat Trades Journal complaining about over- regulation in slaughterhouses. Toby told Farmers Weekly that the main factor in his decision to cease slaughtering operations was, “the relentless red tape emanating from the Food Standards Agency, and its associated costs.” n
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