200 tonne consignment of Botswana beef rejected by European Union

Botswana’s Chief of Animal Health Stephen Ghanie negated assertions that the beef had been rejected, saying the the Botswana Meat Commission voluntarily recalled it, “as they have done before with other products”.

“The origin of salinomycin was traced to the feeds and the contamination has nothing to do with the Botswana Meat Commission,” stated Dr Ghanie.

He, however, could not explain why the beef was exported before all the necessary steps had been followed, nor how much the beef was worth.

The group stated that the Botswana Meat Commission had a good traceability systems and that was why they found the origin of the antibiotic quickly.

Source: Africa Business Review

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