Meatco weighs recalling 96 tonnes of beef stuck in South Africa
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Four to five containers of Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) meat remain stuck in South Africa following Namibia’s foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. This is about 96 tonnes of meat. Meatco interim chief executive Albertus Aochamub says the company is considering bringing the meat back to Namibia or selling it in South Africa. Aochamub says other consignments that were in transit have already left South Africa, but the remaining containers cannot be exported. “The consignment that’s left is only about four or five containers, which cannot be allowed to leave. Those ones we will…
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