Chicken Crisis in South Africa: Here's Why Offal Prices Have Skyrocketed

Chicken crisis in South Africa: Here's why offal prices have skyrocketed

The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters has warned of the consequences for SA as a result the outbreak of Avian Influenza in Brazil.

Looming food security crisis over SA’s Brazil poultry ban

South Africa must expedite a regionalisation agreement with Brazil to allow for imports from areas not affected by the latest outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu in the South American country. This was the view of the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (Amie) which has warned that there could be “serious economic and food insecurity consequences” for South Africa

South Africa’s chicken shortage: What’s driving the surge in offal prices

The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has warned that the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul could severely impact South Africa’s economy and food security. AMIE explained that local producers cannot fill the supply gap for poultry offal, such as feet, gizzards, and skins, and mechanically deboned meat (MDM), which will push prices higher and make basic protein less affordable and accessible …

Ban on Brazilian poultry imports partially lifted – News Stand

Justicia Shipena The Ministry of Agriculture, through its Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), has announced a partial resumption of the importation and in-transit movement of live poultry, poultry meat, and poultry products from Brazil.  This move follows a review of a comprehensive report from Brazil’s veterinary authority on the risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) transmission. Last Friday, Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry updat

The authorities officially dismissed the suspected avian influenza in a commercial farm of pints in the town of Ipumirim in the West of Santa Catarina (SC). The confirmation is in the most recent update of the Revitory Syndrome and Nervosa das Aves, of the Ministry of Agriculture, released this afternoon, 26. The result led mainly to relief for the production sector, since Santa Catarina is the second largest bird producer in the country. The in…

Chicken price hike on the cards as Brazilian poultry imports remain banned

Chicken price hike on the cards as Brazilian poultry imports remain banned Sandile Zikhali Mon, 05/26/2025 - 21:25 JOHANNESBURG - Local producers have stepped up to close the gap created by the banning of chicken imports from Brazil.READ: SA halts trade of Brazilian live/fresh poultry, eggsAn outbreak of avian influenza in that country led to South Africa stopping chickens coming from that country.Brazil supplies over about 84 percent of all ch…