Botswana/Namibia petition SA on new harsh beef laws

This include quarantine periods and pre-export health certification for all cattle, goats and sheep coming from Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.

Stakeholders have heavily criticised the new regulations, which were effected last month, as a barrier to business by regional farmer organisations.  SA has, however, defended the regulations, saying they were necessary to protect its own livestock industry from diseases and in line with new international standards of farming and farm products health care.