Red meat industry reeling as foot-and-mouth wreaks havoc
China has banned the importation of all cloven-hoofed animal goods, including wool, beef and other red meat products from SA due to the latest outbreak
12 April 2022 - 16:53
The latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could lead to a jobs bloodbath and threaten the viability of SA’s beef and the broader red-meat industry, an industry body warned on Tuesday.
Foot-and-mouth is a severe, contagious, viral disease that affects livestock, causing production losses. ..
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