She says during the week 18 to 25 August, 11 new outbreaks of FMD brought the total number of infected properties in the country to 127. 

The Land Bank has denied allegations of impropriety, following claims that it was using strong-armed tactics to liquidate farmers who defaulted on their loan repayment obligations. The bank said in a statement that an investigation was undertaken in July this year with regards to claims made in the media about inappropriate conduct. Janine Ryan, editor of Farmer's Weekly says the bank added that the investigation had failed to uncover any evidence to support the allegations that the bank or its legal representatives had acted illegally, unethically or that they have implemented or used inappropriate or illegal practices or actions to liquidate clients.

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Good news for South African consumers is that government recently published a detailed set of standards for the manufacturing of boerewors. Published in the Government Gazette last week under Section 15 of the Agricultural Product Standards Act, the regulations are now binding. OFM News' Bambatha Giko reports that Gerhard Schutte, CEO of the South African Red Meat Producers’ Organisation, welcomed government’s efforts to protect and maintain the quality of boerewors, as an iconic South African product. Boerewors was also not allowed to contain “mechanically recovered meat”, defined as pulped material recovered in a process whereby bone and meat were mechanically separated.

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