Animal welfare import restrictions risk hurting NZ farmers, Feds say

Animal welfare import restrictions risk hurting NZ farmers, Feds say

Reading Time: 3 minutes Restricting imports of meat, dairy and other livestock products from countries with lower animal welfare standards would backfire on Kiwi farmers and our economy, Karl Dean says.  Calls for New Zealand to impose those restrictions are completely understandable, but Federated Farmers does not support them, the organisation’s dairy chair and animal welfare spokesperson says.   “Kiwi farmers take enormous pride in the way we…