Meat Thefts Spike as Food Prices Soar

Meat Thefts Spike as Food Prices Soar

Beef is becoming more and more of a valued commodity for the Canadian trade market, and now the black market.CTV National News reports that the spike in meat prices has caught the eyes of organized crime, with costs projected to rise and additional four percent this year."They sell the pieces of meat on the black market, and that is a big problem for us now," Florent Gravel, President of Food Retailers Association of Quebec, said, according to the report.In response, smaller grocers are stepping up their meat securities to measures akin to that of the bigger retailers.

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