POLITICAL CAUTION GROWS AMONG MEAT AND LIVESTOCK ORGANISATIONS AS BREXIT VOTE LOOMS
March 1st, 2016
As the political rows over Britain's European Union (EU) membership hot up in the run-up to the UK’s in-out referendum on June 23 the main meat associations and unions are being much more cautious in their comments and advice than they were a few months ago. Last June, GlobalMeatNews’ trawl of opinion suggested fairly strongly that the meat industry would be better off if the UK stayed in the EU. We were told by Liz Murphy, CEO of the International Meat Trade Association (IMTA), for instance, that "our members’ day to day business involves the ...
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