FMD shutdown puts 240 Savanna Beef jobs at risk
About 240 workers at Savanna Beef Processors face uncertainty over their jobs and incomes after the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak forced the export abattoir to halt operations. Management is expected to decide their employment arrangements for November and December this week. In an information letter to shareholders and members of the Beef Value Chain Forum dated 27 October, chairperson Mecki Schneider says all employees working on the slaughtering, cooling, deboning and packing floors had been placed on leave, bringing operations to a complete standstill. “A decision must be made in the coming week on the arrangements for approximately 240 employees