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Meats and Fresh Produce

“This does not mean it is not good Mr Bezemer said unfortunately the “Some owners have cancelled some

quality, it is just a different checkpoint,” same high standards could not always of the more expensive meat items and
stressed Mr Bezemer.be applied in other parts of the world replaced them with cheaper cuts. It

That means if European ship suppliers and that was why quality standards and does happen but it is not drastic,” said
are getting meat from meat producersassociations like ISSA were so important.Mr Bezemer.

it comes with a certiicate of health and “We receive so many checks into He said, of course, ships had to
country of origin, then samples go into the how we are organised now and how have daily food rates onboard but

laboratory to be checked by the veterinary we check things like the temperature it tended to be the captain deciding
inspector. If it is passed, the ship supplier of products.”whether he wanted to order less meat

will get a veterinary certiicate.Do the logistics of delivering fresh from better cuts than a larger quantity

“For each and every meat delivery produce pose a huge challenge?of cheaper meat.
we will have the veterinary certiicate “It’s not a challenge as such if you have Mr Bezemer said the introduction of

stamped by the captain conirming the right procedures in place,” he said.the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC)
they have received the meat,” explained He said NeKo would place irm 2006 in August 2013, had not generated

Mr Bezemer. “If this is not signed and orders for provisions such as fruit and a difference in what was being ordered
stamped by the captain then the ship vegetables as late as possible on call by customers of NeKo.

supplier can get a big ine.”they can be delivered just before being “I haven’t noticed a change. I think
He added: “It is nothing to do with loaded onto the trucks.it has more to do with the training of

quality but different traceability, so for In terms of spending, have customers’ the cooks and changed procedures
each lot of meat we can trace exactly back demands been changing in light of the on- onboard. That is not the job of a ship

to the origin. There are lots of regulations.”going need to tighten the purse strings?chandler.” u

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