Oxtail prices double as Argentine imports remain blocked
The practical effect is that Argentine establishments currently approved to export to South Africa, which are situated in an FMD-free zone where vaccination is practised, are unable to supply oxtail and certain other bone-in beef products under the revised requirements.
South Africa’s imports of Argentinian oxtail were blocked because the words ‘ovine scrapie’, included on an official import certificate did not comply with regulations, triggering a bureaucratic dispute that halted the trade.
The organisation noted that South Africa has procured FMD vaccines from Argentina and the two countries have entered into a technical cooperation programme on animal health.
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