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Meat Board attends 12th Meat Symposium in South Africa

Home Farmers Forum Meat Board attends 12th Meat Symposium in South Africa

WINDHOEK – The  Head  of the Meat  Board’s  Classification  Services,  Petrus  Maritz, took  part  in,  among  others,  a  discussion  forum  regarding  the  current applicability  of  the  South  African  Classification  System  in  Pretoria,  South Africa.  Consumers  increasingly  demand  more  quality  assurance  and require  that  the  classification  system  that  is  also  used  in  Namibia,  must comply with it, something that had not been the case previously. A quality assurance system must include all aspects, from meat production to meat consumption.  The  Feedlot  and  Red  Meat  Abattoir  Association  indicated that  the  classification  system  complies  with  the  requirements  to  facilitate trade,  while  the  Red  Meat  Producers  Organisation  indicated  that  the classification system was outdated and should be reviewed, among others by  being  more  user  friendly  with  fewer  fat  classes  and  including tenderness.  Lamb  producers  indicated  that  the  AB  class  be  incorporated with  the  A  class.  A task team was appointed to evaluate the  latest information and to come up with suggestions.