New Zealand's first consignments of chilled meat to China are winging their way to Shanghai as part of a six-month trial. The air-freighted consignments from Alliance Group and Greenlea Premier Meats marked a ''significant step'' towards enabling permanent access for New Zealand chilled meat to China, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy said yesterday. In April last year, it was announced that New Zealand and China had agreed to protocols relating to chilled meat. Chilled meat was a premium, high-value and high-growth product so it was ''great news'' for farmers, producers and the wider red meat industry. It was an exciting opportunity to add to New Zealand's already significant frozen meat exports to China.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 03, 2017 02:37 UTC