Gauteng committee on Agriculture concerned about outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Heidelberg [SOUND]

# The Gauteng Legislature’s portfolio committee on Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development has expressed concern at the outbreak of foot and mouth disease at Karan Beef’s feedlot facility in Heidelberg. Currently, there are 120-thousand cattle at the feedlot and only two-percent are infected with the disease. Committee chairperson, Jaco Mulder, says they commend Karan Beef for its prompt action in alerting stakeholders and initiating precautionary measures once the disease was detected: