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Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 12:28
PM
Subject: [sharechat] Scott Technology
Limited - research, meat processing
Scott Technology Limited has issued a stock exchange notice
advising of
approval of an automated lamb carcass processing research
project.
Read more;
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/markets/news.php/NZX/SCT/item/96713/A
In
my opinion this is a good move for Scott.
Meat processing is a labour
intensive activity, physically demanding involving
a high risk of injury
for those involved. Meat processors could gain hugely
from deploying any
successful results from this project.
If the knowledge gained could be
leveraged over into beef processing this
would also be positive.
As
an aside; meat processors in the US depend heavily on illegal immigrants
for their labour supply. Instances have been recorded of meat processors
having half their work force dissapear after Immigration and
Naturalisation
Service raids.
US meat processors also use water
blasting as a labour saving measure to avoid
using butchering to separate
meat from bone. Naturally the water stream blows
everything off the bone
including nerve tissue.
As nerve tissue is a known vector for the
transmission of mad cow disease, it
is questionable as to whether
regulatory authorities will tolerate such brute
force methods in the
future.
To summarise. In the future who will a meat processor call if
they are faced
with labour difficulties and/or increasingly complex safety
related processing
requirements?
Scott Technology
hopefully.
Boop-boop-de-do Marilyn
Disclosure: Hold
SCT
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