industry news - SAPA

CONTENTS
Dear All
If we were to think that the flavour enhancement saga
was going to sleep we were clearly on planet Mars. On
the 9th February, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries (DAFF) issued a press statement which
essentially said that all South African companies adding
any kind of flavour enhancement solutions to both
portions and whole carcasses were acting illegally in
terms of the Agricultural Product Standards Act. A rather
dramatic claim wouldn't you agree? An urgent meeting
with the DAFF later, and a new statement was issued which has helped bring us a bit
closer to the position we were in before the first press release. In future, both parties
have agreed to first speak to each other before running off to the media. We have
enough expert legal advice to know that the flavour enhancement practices we follow
(both brining and marinating) are legal, as are the various returns practices used by
the different companies in terms of the Meat Safety Act. So that is not the issue, but
the public perception of us is actually the real issue. I hope all broiler companies will
accept and realise that this practice needs to be regulated and that we must reach
agreement with the state on the best way forward. We had actually written to the
Department of Agriculture in early 2006 suggesting some changes to the regulations,
but we were not even afforded the courtesy of a reply. As you can see, this shows
that our engagement with the Department is not new.
“Indien ons voor die
media-twak ’n goeie saak
gepubliseer het waarom die
praktyk van smaakverhoging
tot voordeel van ALLE
Suid-Afrikaners is, het ons
moontlik regulering vermy”.
Hoewel ons onsself ’n ontwikkelingstaat noem, is
Suid-Afrika ’n intervensiestaat. Dit mag
opdringerig klink, maar aangesien ’n sleutelrede
om deur die proses van regeringsverandering te
gaan was om in Suid-Afrika geleenthede vir al sy
mense oop te stel, moet ons verwag dat die staat
tussenbeide sal kom. Dit wil nie sê ons is ’n
“ k i n d e r o p p a s s e r s t a a t ” s o o s s o m m i g e
ontwikkelde state nie, maar een waarin die staat
sy mag moet aanwend om maatskaplike
verandering teweeg te bring. As mens dit so
beskou, sou jy in staat moes wees om te begryp
waarom regulering nodig is. Indien ons voor die media-twak ’n goeie saak
gepubliseer het waarom die praktyk van smaakverhoging tot voordeel van ALLE
Suid-Afrikaners is, het ons moontlik regulering vermy. Wysheid agterna is in die
algemeen leersaam, maar ongelukkig verander dit nie die verlede nie.
A follow up meeting to the October flavour enhancement / Independent Meat
th
Inspection system meeting held last October took place on the 16 February.
Attendance was good and apart from the producer contingent we also had a number
of key individuals from the DAFF, Department of Health and the National Regulator
for Compulsory Standards. To try and avoid competition law concerns, our
competition law attorneys, Denys Reitz, were also in attendance. We tried to deal
with flavour enhancement by using descriptive categories, comparing our products to
fruit squashes, fruit nectars, 'pure' fruit juices and freshly squeezed juice. This
approach did not win universal favour as it is hard to find hard evidence as to when
MAR |
11
| Features
03
10
16
21
24
26
32
36
40
46
46
47
48
49
49
50
53
54
56
57
58
62
64
65
66
03 | MARCH 2011 PLUIMVEE POULTRY BULLETIN
From the desk of the CEO
SAPA Statistics
Modern Disease Control for a Modern
Poultry Industry
Pfizer and Comipharm launch the
Pfizer Poultry Vaccine Range
Die Implentering van Kwaliteit
Bestuursisteme in die Pluimveebedryf
Afrox achieves level 3 BBBEE Rating
Northern Views - Indigestible
Training Options at University of
KwaZulu - Natal
Grain Prices continue to shock the
Poultry World
ABC responds to budget
SA’s Food Inflation compares
favourably with BRIC Nations
Alltech opens renovated US $200
million Algae Facility
Giving “Egg-head” an entirely new
meaning
Afri Compliance hernu hul kontrak met
AFMA
IEC London 2011 Conference
Effects of incubation temperature on
hatching and carcass performance of
broilers
Birthday Time
Poultry Science - Contentious Issues
on Poultry House Ventilation
What is Egg Shell Quality and how to
preserve it
A Page in Time
Focus - Arbor Acres Annual Conference
Update from Astral sheds light on
Poultry Industry Myths
DPFO Page
DownTime
Blokkiesraaisel
Poultry Bulletin | Pluimvee Bulletin
Subscription rates: Free to members; non-members R395.00 p.a.
Intekengeld: Gratis aan lede; Nie-lede R395 p.j
Official mouthpiece of the Southern African Poultry Association.
For private circulation only .
Amptelike mondstuk van die Suider-Afrikaanse
Pluimveevereniging.
Alleenlik vir private verspreiding.
Copyright Reserved | Kopiereg voorbehou.
News, views, content and opinion in this publication does not
necessarily represent the views/policies or positions of the
Southern African Poultry Association.
Nuus, standpunte, inhoud en menings in hierdie publikasie
verteenwoordig nie noodwending die mening, beleid of standpunt
van die SAPV nie.
Published by:
Suider Afrikaanse Pluimveevereniging
Southern African Poultry Association
Editor: Cameron Mackenzie - editor@sapoultry.co.za
CEO: Kevin Lovell - kevin@sapoultry.co.za
Brand Manager: Masanda Peter - masanda@sapoultry.co.za
Advertising: Louisa Nel - advertising@ sapoultry.co.za
Design and Layout: Jelliweb - lisa@jelliweb.co.za
Subscriptions: Cynthia Ncube - sapaadmin@sapoultry.co.za
Letters to / Briewe aan: editor@sapoultry.co.za
Physical Address: Vesting Centre, Bosbok Road,
Randpark Ridge, Randburg
Postal Address: P.O. Box 1202, Honeydew,
2040, South Africa
Tel: 011 795 2051 | Fax: 011 795 3180