South Africa: SA’s agricultural market standards need to be properly enforced

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The Karoo Lamb that we loaded is now being slaughtered at the abattoir. There it will be classified according to the meat regulations. It may be an A1, A2, A3 or A6 lamb — depending on the fat quality, among other attributes of the meat.

In addition, for Karoo Lamb, the abattoir must verify that the lamb is from a registered farm in the Karoo (in alignment with the Karoo Lamb Geographical Indication regulations published under the Agricultural…