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Botswana Meat Commission (BMC)

Foodstuff & Beverages

Lobatse, Botswana

Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) is committed to maintain the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 standard in order to produce meat products and by-products of consistent quality and legality which meet statutory, regulatory and customer requirements. To ensure food safety, BMC has implemented and will continue to maintain a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system that conforms to requirements of South African National Global Standard (SANS) 10330:2007 and British Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for food safety.

BMC headquaters are in Lobatse and other abattoirs in Francistown and Maun. Besides owning three abattoirs in Botswan BMC has storage facilities in South Africa and marketing subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and South Africa.

Botswana is a leader in cattle identification and traceability with cattle implanted rumen boluses, which unique electronic radio frequency devices which are scanned to provide animal history back to the National Data Base. This ensures consumer confidence based on world’s based practice. From the .unique number of each carton, we are able to trace the meat back to the specific farm. BMC products are Halaal as supervised certified by the Botswana Muslim Association.

The Botswana cattle industry uses free range and natural farming methods, which ensure full – flavoured, lean beef of highest quality. Botswana ‘s land and its sub- tropical and semi-arid climate is ideally suited for cattle farming . The country boasts of between 2.5 to 2.8 million head of cattle.