The Meat Industry Association of New Zealand really, really didn’t like the conclusions in our recommendations document presented to the Food & Beverage Taskforce. Their strongly worded response is available here. Our partners have done a lot of work in the global meat industry over the years and we stand by our conclusions that the New Zealand meat industry is a “backwater” “producer of low cost commodities” financed by “non-rational capital.” However, like the MIANZ, we would like to see the industry succeed.