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Cape Town welcomes EU’s partial lift of ostrich ban

19/08/2004

Farmers across South Africa have expressed the satisfaction with the EU’s decision to exclude processed leather and feathers from its ban on ostrich product imports.

 

The recent outbreak of avian influenza in Eastern Cape led to a total ban on ostrich exports, yet the South African government limited its ban to ostrich meat and eggs, excluding processed leather, egg shells and feathers.

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