Call to tweak ban on Brazil poultry to save SA polony

Concern over shortage of key ingredient in processed meat

25 May 2025 - 00:00

Meat processors in South Africa are concerned that the ban announced on imports of poultry from Brazil could trigger a shortage of mechanically deboned meat (MDM), a product input the domestic production of which is at a low level...

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