New grading scheme runs smoothly
For the first time the grading of cattle was carried out by specially trained factory staff, with Department of Agriculture Classification Officers maintaining a monitoring role, which they will continue to provide at the factories where mechanical grading machines are due to take over the job of grading the carcasses within about six weeks when the commissioning of the new equipment is completed.
Reports from factories and producers of cattle at the end of the first day of the changeover was that the process operated within the spirit of ensuring the minimum disruption to the trade occurred.
