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NZ Pork submits petition asking for imported pork to meet same welfare standards as local pork

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Thu, 12 May 2022, 8:16am
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NZ Pork submits petition asking for imported pork to meet same welfare standards as local pork

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 12 May 2022, 8:16am

The Government is currently reviewing our pig farming practices and wants to tighten the welfare requirements for our local pork.

NZ Pork has made it clear they are not happy about this.

But they have also just presented a petition asking for imported pork to be required to meet the same welfare standards as local pork.

Chief executive of NZ Pork Brent Kleiss joined Kate Hawkesby.

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