# No new FMD cases detected in ten weeks | SAnews

> South Africa's agriculture department reported no new foot-and-mouth disease cases in the Limpopo management area for ten weeks. Movement controls remain in place, and trade has resumed for commodities the OIE considers safe.

- Date: 2019-04-18 · published 2019-04-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59552-no-new-fmd-cases-detected-in-ten-weeks-sanews
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Containment and resumed trade ease pressure on South African livestock and meat supply chains. The news has little direct effect on global grain or feed prices.

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## Sources

- sanews.gov.za: https://www.sanews.gov.za/%69%6e%64%65%78.%70%68%70/south-africa/no-new-fmd-cases-detected-ten-weeks

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