- DALRRD
- The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD): the national department that registers abattoirs under the Meat Safety Act, approves establishments for export and issues veterinary health certificates through its state veterinarians.
- Meat Safety Act
- The South African law under which every abattoir must be registered and every carcass inspected before meat may be sold. The registration status of Morgan Beef Abattoir: registered under the Meat Safety Act 40 of 2000.
- Veterinary Approved Establishment
- An establishment approved by the national veterinary authority to produce for export; approval is given per establishment and per product category. Morgan Beef's approval: Veterinary Approved Establishment for the export of beef and mutton to countries whose import requirements can be met.
- Export establishment number
- The identifier that the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) assigns to an approved export establishment. It appears on export health certificates and on the lists of approved establishments kept by importing countries.
- State veterinarian
- The government veterinarian who oversees meat inspection at a registered abattoir and signs the veterinary health certificate that travels with each export consignment.
- Livestock import SOP
- Standard operating procedure for importing cattle, sheep and goats for direct slaughter from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini. Each consignment moves under the veterinary conditions set out in the procedure.
- FSSC 22000
- Food Safety System Certification 22000, a food-safety management scheme recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative. Version 6 is based on ISO 22000:2018, ISO/TS 22002-1:2009 and the FSSC 22000 additional requirements.
- ISO 22000:2018
- The international standard for food-safety management systems: hazard analysis, prerequisite programmes, traceability and management responsibility across the food chain.
- ISO/TS 22002-1:2009
- The technical specification of prerequisite programmes for food manufacturing: buildings, utilities, waste, equipment, cleaning, pest control and personnel hygiene.
- Halal certification
- Independent confirmation by a recognised halal body that slaughter and handling follow Islamic law, documented by a certificate and by the body's public listing. Morgan Beef's certification body: National Independent Halaal Trust (NIHT).
- NIHT
- The National Independent Halaal Trust (NIHT), one of the South African halal certification bodies; it publishes a public listing of the establishments it certifies.
- SANHA
- The South African National Halaal Authority, a halal certification body that publishes a public list of certified establishments. Morgan Beef Abattoir is listed by SANHA as a halaal certified establishment.
- SAMIC
- The South African Meat Industry Company, the body appointed to audit carcass classification at abattoirs. South African Meat Industry Company (SAMIC) site visits keep carcass classifiers current.
- Carcass classification
- Carcasses are classified under the South African red meat classification regulations made under the Agricultural Product Standards Act, Act 119 of 1990, with SAMIC as the appointed assignee that audits classifiers.
- Chain of custody
- The documented control of a product from slaughter to delivery. Halal and export status hold only while the product stays inside the certified chain.
- Fact status
- Every fact on these pages carries a status: unverified (taken from a public source, not yet checked), verified (checked against the document) or locked (published truth after compliance and legal sign-off).