How Can Red Meat Facilities Strengthen Biosecurity and Partner for Success?
Biosecurity is no longer a “nice-to-have”, it is a national imperative underpinning food security, trade, public health and rural livelihoods. The recent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak spreading through Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga has exposed the costly consequences of any gaps in biosecurity plans. At the 2025 Red Meat Abattoir Association Conference, Minister John Steenhuisen emphasised that biosecurity […]