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cost SI? million j
i
According
to
the
Victorian j
Meatworks
Association,
cattle j
bruising
cost
the
Australian !
meat industry $16,940,000 dur !
ing the 12 months to last June I
They gave the cost last week j
when they released t'lie results !
of a survey of cattle bruising. '
It said that fhe bruising loss '
worked out at S3.50 for each |
animal slaughtered during the i
period
and
it called
for fin- ]
ance for a more detailed study j
According to the report the I
use
of
cailie
dogs
and
ring
sales should be eliminated. All
beef cattle shoud be dehorned
and
stockyard,
saleyard
and
transport
design,
and
selling
methods should
be
standard.
"'These .staggering losse* must
be arrested.'" it said "The Aus
tralian livestock and meat industries
and the Slate and Fed
eral Governments cannot allow
the present levels of bruis
ing lo continue."
The Association conducted
the survey at eight major Victorian
plants that supply meal
to local and export markets.
The period of sampling, over
five days" production last Nov
ember, covered the slaughter
of 14.164 cattle, and the survey
found that bruising occurr
ed in 39 per cent of the carcasses
assessed.
It also showed that
10 per
cent
of
the first-quality
stock
slaughtered
was d o w n graded
because
of
bruising
and
4.6
of bullocks and between
12 -
16 per cent of cows were rejected
for export. The average
amount of bruised meat
trimmed
from
each
carcass
was
3.6 lb. from bullocks
and
6.3
lb. from cows,
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