Investments in this activity should be privately driven. Apart from inspection on public health grounds, appropriate public policy is similar to that for all private activities: facilitating entry and exit, minimising administrative costs, and setting clear rules for doing business. The priority for public investment is to improve rural roads. Private investment is not trivial: a modern long-distance meat truck with 20-22-tonne capacity costs EUR 160 000 and poor quality rural roads increase running costs.