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Falkland Is. Prepare to export truly organic meat.
The Falkland Islands have opened an abattoir, built to European Union standards, to allow farmers on the Islands to export meat produced using traditional methods from livestock fed on natural pastures. The steel-framed structure is 6 kilometres from Stanley and will have the capacity to process 1,500 sheep and up to 200 cattle per week.
The Falkland Islands Government says the Islands' "remote location and lack of disease, coupled with a temperate climate" provides "a perfect environment for the production of truly organic meat".
A press notice issued in London says ""the Falkland Islands Government has recently appointed the Islands' first organic inspector, and discussions with the European Union are taking place with the aim of having legally certified organic produce ready for sale in Europe next year.
"The Falkland Islands Development Corporation are working with the local business community, farmers and outside agencies to create a quality scheme to promote the very best products from the Islands. The 'Falklands Finest' quality mark will be applied only to products meeting certain quality, Falklands content, and environmental sustainability criteria. The first Falklands Finest products are expected to be launched in April 2002".
Falkland Islands Government Director of Agriculture, Bob Reid, said: "The new abattoir, combined with the organic certification and the Falklands Finest scheme, gives us the opportunity to aggressively market our meat products into discerning niche markets in the coming years."
Harold Briley, London
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