South Africa’s BSE-free rating steps still not implemented

Sad to say that more than 7 years after the first constructive debates took place to implement firm steps to have South Africa rated a BSE-free country, industry partners of the Livestock and Animal Feed Industry Forum (LAFIF) under the auspices of the SA Animal Feed Manufacturers’ Association (AFMA) once again had to get together at a recent BSE workshop to debate the exact same issues as in 2003. In 2007, I have already indicated in one of my blogs that, although there has never been a