THE agriculture and meat industries set forth their arguments on tariffs for imported meat and edible offal, ending up in opposing camps on the level of protection needed by domestic growers.
These products include fresh, chilled, or frozen meat and edible offal of bovines, swine, sheep, goats, and horses, asses, mules, or hinnies. “Our position is… protectionism actually prevents the poorer masses from receiving cheaper protein. Offal is an important cheap protein that the masses can afford… like liver. These are the things that the poor are buying. We should maintain the low duties for offal,” MITA Representative Paolo Pacis said.