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A proposal to partially privatise meat inspections will actually increase costs, reduce flexibility and create capability and equity challenges within the sector, according to a leaked report funded by the government's meat inspection service.
The Ministry for Primary Industries is currently seeking feedback on letting processing companies do more meat inspection work themselves, with reduced oversight from AsureQuality.
Completed by BDO for AsureQuality, the report said annual costs for a single chain would increase by more than 20 percent - $861,000 to $1.07 million per plant, with an extra $343,000 in set-up costs.
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