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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87387, member: 27"] Namibia's entire beef export machine could collapse if foot-and-mouth vaccinations creep south of the veterinary fence, and the EU made that crystal clear. Why vaccination wrecks premium access [LIST] [*]Namibia holds an FMD-free-without-vaccination status south of the redline. [*]Losing that tag would lock the country out of the EU, UK, Norway, China, and the US markets. [*]Only a third of Namibian beef gets consumed domestically. [*]Alternative markets like Saudi Arabia cannot match premium price levels. [/LIST] The EU spelled out the consequences [LIST] [*]Beef represented 59% of Namibia's agri-food exports to the EU in 2024. [*]That trade totaled N$1.6 billion, according to EU deputy head of mission Ian Dupont. [*]Dupont explained that vaccination complicates disease-free surveillance. [*]Europe flat-out refuses imports from countries using the FMD vaccine. [/LIST] Meatco's north-south split [LIST] [*]Meatco's head of corporate affairs, Rosa Thobias, confirmed the EU would reject vaccinated beef. [*]Beef sourced north of the veterinary cordon fence goes to Ghana, DRC, Angola, and South Africa. [*]African markets cannot absorb Namibia's full beef supply. [*]Namibia Agriculture Union says premium exports sustain the whole livestock sector. [/LIST] Illegal vaccination gets zero tolerance [LIST] [*]Minister Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi called vaccination a last-resort option. [*]Any jab south of the fence is illegal and implies smuggled vaccines. [*]The Directorate of Veterinary Services will cull illegally vaccinated cattle. [*]Swavet's Goi Geurtse confirmed no private entity has ever been allowed to stock the vaccine. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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