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Butchers pleased to see halal processors on green list

06:23 am on 14 December 2022

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Butchers are applauding the latest addition to the government's green list, with halal meat processors being approved for the faster residency programme.

Halal meat practices allow for animal carcasses to be processed and exported, but workers must be practising Muslims.

The industry group says there's a chronic workforce shortage, with only a hundred workers.

Meat Industry Association chief executive Sirma Karapeeva spoke to Kim Hill.