23/11/06
NFU Scotland has welcomed Defra’s decision, in agreement
with meat wholesalers, to stop the long-standing practice of
rounding down lamb carcass weights to the nearest 0.5 kg.
Producers will welcome greater transparency in
lamb carcass pricing.
The outgoing weighing system was adopted when manual scales
were commonplace. With digital scales it is no longer necessary
to ‘round down’, although the practice was still
being used.
SEERAD and Scottish meat wholesalers are happy
with the decision and NFUS is pressing for a UK-wide start date
to prevent trade distortion for farmers sending their lambs across
the border.
NFUS vice-president Bob Howat said, “We are
pleased to see an end to the outdated practice of rounding down
carcass weights. The new system encourages transparency
and we look forward to it.”
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