Maputo — The Mozambican government is maintaining its ban on the import of meat from South Africa because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Limpopo province.
Cited in Wednesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax", the head of the department for the prevention and control of diseases in the Ministry of Agriculture, Anabela dos Muchangos, said "since the outbreak was detected in South Africa (on 7 January) we have been monitoring the situation with our South African counterparts, and so far we note that they have not managed to overcome the problem".
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