AMIE welcomes Minister’s update on FMD, stresses industry support to unlock vaccine scale-up
2 September 2025, Association of Meat Importers and Exporters AMIE welcomes yesterday’s (1 September 2025) briefing by the Minister of Agriculture on South Africa’s Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) response, including the procurement of additional vaccines, the lifting of certain Disease Management Areas (DMAs), and the establishment of an Industry / Government Task Team. These are important […]
Minister Steenhuisen to give update on FMD
28 Aug 2025, Department of Agriculture The DOA published a media advisory announcing that Minister Steenhuisen will give an update on the current Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) status on 1 September 2025 at 11:00. The minister will also outline the interventions made by the department to manage the disease. Read more here
Trade Restrictions on Argentina due to HPAI outbreaks
26 August 2025, Department of Agriculture The DoA has published a notice restricting trade following an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Argentina. Consignments containing products packed in their final packaging on or after 03 August 2025 from Argentina will be rejected and returned to Argentina or destroyed at the importer’s cost. Read […]
Avian Influenza detected in Western Cape: Public urged to stay alert, not alarmed
02 August 2025, Western Cape Department of Agriculture The Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) wishes to alert poultry farmers and the general public to new outbreaks of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), commonly referred to as “bird flu”. Recent outbreaks have been confirmed in chickens in North West and Mpumalanga provinces, with one poultry […]
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Indaba
22 July 2025, Department of Agriculture Country held hostage by a broken system – that is how Minister for Agriculture, John Steenhuisen positioned the current limitation and challenges with disease control in South Africa. He was speaking at the FMD Indaba, hosted by The Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Council in Pretoria on […]
Partial lifting of poultry imports suspension from Brazil
18 June 2025, Department of Agriculture The DoA published a media release announcing a partial lifting of the import suspension on all poultry and poultry products from Brazil as of 19 June 2025. The decision was taken after the Department of Agriculture had received the second report from Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, which […]
Media release from Department of Agriculture: Regionalisation of chicken imports from Brazil explored
11 June 2025, Minister of Agriculture At the directive of the Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen, the Department of Agriculture is assessing whether the regionalisation of imports of chicken from Brazil can be put in place to ensure local demand for the product is met. On 15 May 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock […]
Brazil Poultry Ban | Updated statement from AMIE
06 June 2025, AMIE Talks Follow the link below to hear from AMIE CEO, Imameleng Mothebe, the latest updates and position of AMIE on the Brazil poultry ban. AMIE remains firmly committed, together with other industry stakeholders, urging the government to expedite the resolution of the regionalisation/zoning agreement with Brazil. We are also strongly advocating […]
Warning: Food Security at Risk Amid Brazil Import Ban
22 May 2025, Johannesburg On 15 May, Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) officially confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry farm in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul. This marks the first recorded outbreak of HPAI within Brazil’s commercial poultry sector. Regionalisation, otherwise known as zoning, would have […]
Trade Restriction on Poultry from Brazil
22 May 2025, Department of Agriculture The Department of Agriculture has published a notice regarding the trade restriction on imported poultry products from Brazil due to the HPAI outbreak. Cut-off dates: DALLRD will still allow the import of consignments containing products packed in their final packaging on or before 30 April 2025, as well as […]