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Minister of Agriculture takes action against vaccine company boss

Board suspends acting CEO of Onderstepoort Biological Products over price of foot and mouth disease vaccine

South Africa is in the midst of its worst ever foot and mouth disease epidemic. The disease makes cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals sick. It does not cause illness in humans or household pets. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee
Minister Willie Aucamp, who took over as Minister of Agriculture on 30 June, has confirmed that the acting CEO of Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), Dr Jacob Modumo, has been suspended by OBP’s board.
“On Friday … I convened an urgent meeting with the board of OBP wherein I presented the board with information of allegations of serious misconduct relating to the pricing of foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccines against the acting CEO of OBP,” said a statement released on Saturday by the…

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