# 'Foot-and-mouth disease won't affect Namibia' - The Namibian

> Namibia's Meat Board says the foot-and-mouth outbreak in South Africa's Limpopo province will not affect Namibia because most local meat comes from domestic sources. The agriculture ministry suspended imports of cloven-hoofed animals and their products from South Africa as a precaution.

- Date: 2019-01-10 · published 2019-01-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Southern Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61043-foot-and-mouth-disease-won-t-affect-namibia-the-namibian
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The import suspension removes a South African supply channel for regional meat and livestock, shifting demand toward local and other suppliers.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-08-04 | [Foot-and-mouth disease Australia: what is FMD and what happens if it enters the country? \| Agriculture \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39974-foot-and-mouth-disease-australia-what-is-fmd-and-what-happens-if-it-enters-the.md) | +0.8% | +3.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-10-08 | [NCBA Expresses Concern About Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50589-ncba-expresses-concern-about-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak-in-africa.md) | -0.3% | -2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-03-16 | [More action urged on foot-and-mouth \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36800-more-action-urged-on-foot-and-mouth-the-western-producer.md) | -0.1% | +6.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-12-01 | [Diseases on farms in South Africa: recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system - BetsBulletin South Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16135-diseases-on-farms-in-south-africa-recent-outbreaks-point-to-weaknesses-in-the.md) | -3.2% | -1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-11-14 | [Diseases on farms in South Africa: recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system – Agribook Digital](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16142-diseases-on-farms-in-south-africa-recent-outbreaks-point-to-weaknesses-in-the.md) | -0.4% | -4.8% |

## Sources

- namibian.com.na: https://www.namibian.com.na/foot-and-mouth-disease-wont-affect-namibia/

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