NORWAY INDUSTRY FEDERATION FEARS SUMMER BEEF SHORTAGE
April 14th, 2014
NORWAY’S meat and poultry industry federation meat (KLF - Kjøtt- og fjørfebransjens Landsforbund) has requested urgent talks with the country’s ministry of agriculture amid fears that the government’s present policy to charge full duty on imported meat may provoke a beef shortage in Norway. The ministry is expected to discuss a possible reduction with the industry by May 8.The KLF estimates that there is currently only 1,500 tonnes of beef meat in reserve cold storage. This includes semi-processed meat used in the production of minced meat and sausage ...
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