WATCH | How the FMD outbreak is being handled differently than before
FMD remains a state-controlled disease and must be handled by the government. However, the red meat industry has stepped up ...
Tag: RMIS
Stray cattle: Only one case reported to RMIS
Complaints about stray animals in rural areas are regularly raised as part of the problems surrounding the spread of foot-and-mouth ...
Some don’t care about the red meat industry at all
Some people don’t give a damn about the livestock industry and what happens to it. They just want to make ...
FMD: Backlog of about a month at laboratories
Laboratories that have to test blood samples for the possible occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) are about a month behind ...
Karan Beef takes ‘first step on the moon’ for traceability
By Alani Janeke South Africa’s largest feedlot, Karan Beef, will no longer purchase cattle that are not registered on the ...
RMIS completes Phase 1 of operational centre to tackle FMD
The RMIS and its partners are wasting no time in getting new private sector-led efforts to combat South Africa’s foot-and-mouth ...
FMD operations centre open
In the fight against foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks, a central operations centre (OC) at the Red Meat Industry Services (RMIS) headquarters ...
Operational control room needed for foot-and-mouth disease
South Africa urgently needs a functional operational control room again where new outbreaks of highly contagious animal diseases, such as ...
Foot-and-mouth: New regulations for auctions coming
Foot-and-mouth disease is once again in the spotlight after new cases were reported in Mpumalanga and Gauteng, and China banned ...
WATCH | Khomotso Mashiloane talks traceability as a key priority of RMIS
African Farming editor, Lebogang Mashala, caught up with Khomotso Mashiloane of the Red Meat Industry Service (RMIS) at Nampo 2025 ...
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