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Grading sheep carcasses

Grading sheep carcasses

Sheep and lamb carcasses are weighed and graded at the Canterbury Meat Company works. Meat inspection and grading were introduced to give New Zealand meat a competitive advantage in Britain, where it was vying with Australian, Argentinian and homegrown meat.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/1-019436; G

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Alistair Nicol and Caroline Saunders. 'Meat and wool', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
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