TLU SA says new measures for FMD management are a step in the right direction [SOUND]

# Agricultural organisation TLU SA has welcomed the newly introduced foot-and-mouth disease control measures as a step in the right direction. The Department of Agriculture has introduced a new framework, which creates a single, integrated national system for managing outbreaks, from detection through to recovery. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says any measures introduced must not undermine farming income, food security or the country’s ability to export livestock products: