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Four in 10 small abattoirs 'likely to shut' without small abattoir discount

It comes as the Food Standards Agency is due to discuss the discount on at a board meeting on Wednesday

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
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Four in 10 small abattoirs 'likely to shut' without small abattoir discount

Four out of 10 small abattoirs are likely to shut without the small abattoir discount, and 43% of farmers say that if their current abattoir were to close, they would stop selling their meat locally...

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