Closure of the Veterinary Import Permit Office

20 December 2024, DALRRD ATTENTION ALL IMPORTERS The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) will close at 10.00 am on Tuesday, 24 December 2024. The Veterinary Import Permit office will reopen on Monday, 06 January 2025. CLIENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COLLECT THEIR IMPORT PERMITS BEFORE CLOSURE. Read more here.
HPAI Outbreaks: Trade Restrictions for The Netherlands, New Zealand and Denmark

12 December 2024, DALRRD The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) published notices on trade restrictions due to HPAI in the following countries: The Netherlands New Zealand Denmark Please click on each of the above links to read the full notice.
AMIE on The Money Show with Stephen Grootes

9 October 2024, CapeTalk 567AM The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters says its members are facing difficulties in getting their meat products through ports due to the new border management system, which requires a veterinarian’s presence when seals are broken for inspections, leading to delays and frustrations. Stephen Grootes unpack the challenges with Imameleng Mothebe, […]
Trade Restrictions with Denmark Lifted

5 August 2024, DALLRD Trade restrictions have been lifted on live poultry, meat and other products derived from poultry from Denmark to South Africa. Please note only poultry meat with a production date of 18 March 2024 and onwards will be accepted. Read the notice here.
Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak report 30 June 2024

30 June 2024, DALRRD South Africa had a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) free zone without vaccination prior to January 2019. Since January 2019, ten (10) outbreak events were reported in South Africa that compromised the status of the FMD free zone without vaccination. Five (5) of these FMD outbreak events were resolved and closed […]
African swine fever outbreak and surveillance update report 30 June 2024

30 June 2023, DALRRD South Africa currently has four open ASF outbreak events and one outbreak event which was resolved and closed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). Read the updated report here.
Case Study: The Impact of the EPA on Poultry Sectors in the EU and SADC EPA States

The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) case study analyses the effects of the EPA on the Poultry Sector shedding light on a range of measures and issues affecting trade in poultry products. These include trade defence instruments (bilateral safeguards and anti-dumping duties), sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) issues, politics, or industrial policy considerations. The case study also addresses social […]
BFAP Brief on April 2024 Stats SA food inflation

30 May 2024, BFAP South African year-on-year inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages decreased by 0.4 percentage points from 5.1% in March 2024, to 4.7% in April 2024. Food inflation remained at a level lower than CPI headline inflation (5.2% in April 2024) for the second consecutive month. In April 2024, a four-member reference household had to […]
Notice of Trade Restrictions with Australia due to HPAI

30 May 2024, Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Please note that DALRRD has notified the industry regarding an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Australia and the subsequent trade restrictions on the import of all live poultry, eggs and fresh and frozen poultry meat. Read more here.
Detailed Update on Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the Eastern Cape

17 May 2024, Eastern Cape Red Meat Producers Organisation (RPO) The RPO in the Eastern Cape has published a detailed update on the current outbreak fo Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the province. Agri Eastern Cape had several meetings with relevant role players on the 14th and 15th of May 2024, to receive an update and get […]