Steenhuisen approves sweeping new foot-and-mouth disease rules to protect livestock sector
African News Agency | 28.06.2026 16:44Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen,has approved a comprehensive new national framework to manage Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), introducing what government says is a more practical and science-based approach aimed at protecting animal health while limiting the economic damage caused by outbreaks.
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