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Farm programme offers tanner guarantee of quality

21/04/2021

Leather manufacturer Tasman has said its commitment to “the New Zealand way” offers guarantees of integrity, traceability, biosecurity, sustainability and animal health and welfare.

All of its suppliers of hides, it has explained, are members of an initiative called the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme, set up by the New Zealand red meat sector and the country’s ministry for primary industries. Around 8,000 beef, sheep and deer farmers are already certified under the programme. 

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