FMD meat won’t make humans sick

Meat from animals infected with foot-and-mouth disease can be safely consumed by people, experts say. Namibia has been battling a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak since it was confirmed in the ||Kharas region last month. The disease has now spread to 15 farms. This has led to restrictions on livestock movement and slaughtering, and the suspension of meat exports. “People do not contract foot-and-mouth disease by eating meat or consuming animal products from infected animals,” says…