Meat plant 'misinterpretation' causing tension with butchers

Friday, 19 February 2016 00:00

Claims that the Meat Plant has become a retailer have caused "inevitable tension" with local butchers.

That's according to the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture which says it remains a wholesaler - despite recently changing the way it packages its products so they can be retailed.

Minister Richard Ronan says there's been a "misinterpretation" of the plant's intention:

70 per cent of meat is currently imported to the Isle of Man - MLC Juan Turner says he believes it has something to do with price:

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