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Butcher Renford Clarke
A planned withdrawal of service by butchers across the island is on the way in protest of the slow pace of the Minister of Agriculture's animal tagging system.
It follows a protest on Saturday that involved butchers in Manchester, St. Elizabeth, Clarendon and St. Ann.
The butchers are contending that they are losing profits and are at risk of being prosecuted when transporting untagged animals.
They argue that despite the ministry ramping up its National Animal Identification and Traceability System on the weekend, they are at a disadvantage while they wait for the teams to reach them.
They had suggested that in the absence of the tags, that receipts showing proof of purchase should be accepted by the police. But this is not being done.
Group leader for the butchers, Renford Clarke, explained to Radio Jamaica News that some butchering is still taking place.
"Some butchers say they have some cows that [are] very bad and they cannot hold up for them for how long. So I think, I don't know if it's two, three or what. So they had to butcher today. So that's what the status
of things look like now," he explained.
He said while the ministry has intensified its tagging campaign, it is not going fast enough and hindering work of butchers who are yet to be reached.
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