Allister welcomes news on pork plant
16 January 2009
Traditional Unionist MEP Jim Allister has welcomed the news that a buyer had been found for Stevenson & Co. in Cullybackey.
The MEP said,
“I welcome the news that a buyer has been found for Stevenson’s, which is good news for the plant workforce, and of course for the Northern Ireland pig industry. I trust its new owners will work to enhance producer prices as producers seek to recover from the difficulties posed by the dioxin scare in the Irish Republic.”
Mr Allister added,
“I am continuing in my efforts to ensure pig producers and processors -who suffered extensive losses before Christmas in lost product and markets -are fully compensated. There was no breach of feed law on the part of the Northern Ireland pig industry, and so the losses they have incurred must be recovered.”
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