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Quality Assurance (QA) in South African Animal Feed Industry - AFMA

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BSE and the use of animal by-products <strong>in</strong> feeds<br />

• Voluntary ban on use of MBM and BM<br />

implemented s<strong>in</strong>ce 1997 and 1999 respectively<br />

• Ban supported by <strong>Feed</strong>lot Association<br />

• Accord<strong>in</strong>g to GBR (EFSA rat<strong>in</strong>g), <strong>South</strong> Africa is<br />

categorised as level 3 by SSC of the EC<br />

• Likely but not confirmed that domestic cattle are<br />

cl<strong>in</strong>ically or sub cl<strong>in</strong>ically <strong>in</strong>fected with BSE agent<br />

• Need to get to level 1 (BSE-risk free)

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