Uruguay: low slaughter levels mean packer firms could close
04/09/2012
One of the companies, Shneck, has already said it will close between September 6 and 28. Another, Carrasco, could close from mid-September until mid-October, and a third, Canelones, has said it will carry out maintenance work only on its plant in the first two weeks in October.
The president of the National Meat Institute (INAC), Luis Alfredo Fratti, has told local media that the problem is more that there could be over-capacity in Uruguay’s meat processing plants. He also said the winter had been harsh and that some livestock farmers were giving their cattle longer to recover from its effects than in other years, meaning that the slaughter could pick up again in October. “Slaughter numbers are always variable,” he said, “but there hasn’t been such a big change this year to affect Uruguay’s normal meat processing activity.”
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