New Zealand Meat "Silverstov" can not resume operation, 180 jobs at risk

The meat processing company Silver Fern Farms can not open a factory near Dunedin, threatening 180 workers lost jobs.

Meat Silverstream worked as a production facility for lamb and mutton in South Canterbury and Otago .

Silver Fern Farms proposes to merge the company with Silverstream much larger meat-packing Finegand. This is the company announced last Friday.

CEO Keith Cooper said Monday that the amount of slaughter lambs fell by more than 8% on a national scale , and the Chinese market shows very little interest in the production company, so she has to go to these compulsory measures . In addition , the process of cutting meat now cheaper to implement it in China. The final decision will be made early next week .

Three weeks ago, the company Silver Fern Farms has closed the tannery in Shannon, laying off 86 employees.

Workers Union meat industry says that " it's terrible when workers lose their jobs because of the laborious process of cutting meat has moved to China."

Union representatives say that it means a return to the practice 30 years ago , when th