Category: Farm Biosecurity

Farm Biosecurity: Safeguarding Livestock, and Food Safety

A wide pasture divided by fencing, populated by dozens of black and brown cattle grazing on green grass under a partly cloudy sky, with trees lining the horizon.

Farm biosecurity underpins disease prevention, animal welfare, and food safety across South Africa’s livestock, dairy and poultry sectors. With threats like Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in poultry, African Swine Fever in pigs and Foot‑and‑Mouth Disease in cloven‑hoof animals, a proactive biosecurity plan, aligned with ISO 22000 hazard analysis and risk control is essential to protect […]