# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng has expressed concern about an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease at Karan Beef’s Heidelberg facility. Currently, there are 120-thousand cattle at the feedlot and only two-percent are infected with the disease. The FF Plus’, Mari Boshoff, says Karan Beef is one of the town’s largest employers and contributors to the local economy, and many local farmers, particularly small-scale farmers, supply livestock to the facility:
FF Plus Gauteng concerned about the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Heidelberg [SOUND]
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