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Tardy implementation of livestock import regulations put SA at risk

23 Mar 2016

The National Animal Health Forum (NAHF) says its members are growing impatient with government's slow pace in implementing amended regulations for the importation of livestock from neighbouring countries. According to the NAHF, this put not only the health of SA's livestock herds at risk, but also that of the country's human population.

Tardy implementation of livestock import regulations put SA at risk

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“South Africa’s national animal health status is not sufficiently protected in terms of the current import regulations. [These] are out of line with South African legislation [and] the guidelines of the OIE [World Organisation for Animal Health],” said the NAHF recently.

According to a May 2015 statement by Willemien Viljoen, a researcher with Tralac, which supports trade and investment in eastern and southern Africa, the SA department of agriculture (DAFF) revised import requirements applicable to imports of live cattle, sheep and goats from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland.

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Source: Farmer's Weekly

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