Government rescinds meat sale ban in Kampala, Uganda

Published 2024년 3월 12일

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The Ugandan agriculture ministry (MAAIF) has lifted a ban on meat sales in Kampala, initially imposed on March 1, 2024, due to a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak. The decision was made after the MAAIF technical team confirmed that the disease was localised and the affected livestock had been treated and were under strict surveillance. The ban had previously halted the movement of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, and their products within Kampala, and led to the closure of all livestock markets, slaughterhouses, and animal shows in the district.

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The agriculture ministry (MAAIF) on Monday, March 11, 2024, halted the ban on selling meat in Kampala.The ban had been instituted on March 1, 2024, following a reported case of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).Animal Industry state minister Lt. Col. Bright Rwamirama, in a letter dated March 11, 2024, to Kampala affairs minister Minsa Kabanda, clarified the quarantine restrictions that had been placed in Kampala City on March 1, 2024, by the ministry's animal health commissioner.“The restriction was based on a report of a sick animal in one grazing unit in Rubaga Division on February 28, 2024,” Rwamirama writes.He adds that the MAAIF technical team has since established that the disease is localised, and the sick herd has been treated and put under strict surveillance.“Accordingly the guidelines for safe trade in animal and animal products in non-affected areas issued on February 2, 2024, shall apply to Kampala city, that is, Abattoirs operating in non-affected areas/sub-counties, ...

Source: UGNewsVision