People using protective matches gather dead birds, as there is a significant break out of bird influenza, in Vadso town in Finnmark in Norway, July 20,2023. Oyvind Zahl Arntzen/NTB/via REUTERS/File Photo
WINDHOEK, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Namibia has actually suspended imports of live poultry, birds, and poultry items from Denmark and the Netherlands following the break out of extremely pathogenic bird influenza in the 2 European nations.
European nations have actually borne the impact of bird influenza, frequently called bird influenza, in recent years which has actually caused the culling of countless birds in the previous 2 years, impacting the supply of poultry meat and eggs.
The suspension will impact poultry items packaged in Denmark on or after June 28 and poultry items from the Netherlands packaged on or after July 11, Namibia’s veterinary services directorate said in a declaration dated Aug. 2, which was launched on Friday.
Consignments of impacted poultry items will be sent back to their native land or destroyed at the importer’s cost, it said, including prepared poultry meat items for business functions might still be imported under a veterinary license.
The southern African country takes in an approximated 2,500 lots of chicken monthly, depending on imports primarily from neighbouring South Africa, to fulfill need.
Reporting by Nyasha Nyaungwa; Editing by Bhargav Acharya
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