Poultry industry
China food safety authority bans chicken and eggs imports from Free State
It says this is due to an outbreak of bird flu in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality and is aimed at protecting public health in Hong Kong.
KFC is giving its US poultry suppliers until the end of 2018 to stop using antibiotics important to human medicine.
Local producers are calling for higher tariffs, among other measures, to protect the industry and save jobs.
Local producers claim the European Union, the US and Brazil are dumping chicken legs and wings that they can’t sell in the west.
The Department of Trade and Industry is spearheading efforts to deal with the problems facing South Africa’s embattled poultry industry.
The poultry industry is under pressure from cheap European imports which have sparked warnings of massive job cuts.
South African chicken producers, including Rainbow Chicken, are set to retrench more than 3,500 workers.
SA chicken producers are set to retrench over 3,500 workers as they struggle under heavy competition from cheap imports.
A task team is undertaking a comprehensive review of the industry, but 1500 workers at Rainbow Chickens’ Hammarsdale plant have already been retrenched.