South Africa foot and mouth outbreak over, meat products export ban
South Africa media reports recently South Africa Agricultural Minister said Tina Joemat-Pettersson, South Africa authorities about the ban on the export of cloven-hoofed animal meat products has been lifted. Joemat-Pettersson pointed out that the latest survey, whether South Africa KwaZulu? KwaZulu-Natal province's avian influenza outbreak of foot and mouth disease outbreak was an outbreak of the Western Cape Province has been effectively controlled. Ban on the export of cloven-hoofed animal meat products has been lifted, but exports of ostrich products ban is not lifted, which required until the epidemic is completely excluded.
on February 28 this year South Africa issued a statement the Ministry of Agriculture announced that due to the KwaZulu? outbreak of foot and mouth disease outbreak in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa suspended all cattle, pigs, goats and sheep meat products for export. On April 15, South Africa Western Cape Province outbreak of H5N2 avian influenza outbreak, causing the deaths of thousands of ostriches. 40,000 ostrich only within the local Government has culled affected areas, South Africa is immediately suspended in the agricultural sector exports of ostrich and its products to EU and other countries.
