AreaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityPig meat

Date15/10/2021

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentState market intervention

DescriptionAnnounced that it would fund a private storage aid scheme to enable meat processors to store slaughtered pigs for between three and six months, to allow them to be preserved and processed at a later date. The plan also includes measures to allow up to 800 pig butchers to apply for work visas for up to 6 months. As a further measure, the two meat levy bodies, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board and Quality Meat Scotland, announced payment holidays for levy payers in the pig sector for November 2021.