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Namibia Halts Livestock Movement and Beef Exports Following FMD Outbreak

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Namibia Halts Livestock Movement and Beef Exports Following FMD Outbreak
AI SUMMARY

Namibia has declared an emergency suspension of all livestock movement, slaughter, trade, and meat exports following a confirmed foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in its southern disease-free zone.

  • Namibia's Ministry of Agriculture executed an emergency suspension of livestock movement, slaughter, trade, and meat exports due to a confirmed foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak.
  • Routine veterinary surveillance on September 22, 2026, identified 63 cattle with clinical FMD symptoms at a commercial farm in the Karasburg State Veterinary District within the //Karas Region.
  • Laboratory diagnostics at the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Windhoek on September 23 confirmed ten of 11 submitted tissue and blood samples positive for the virus.
  • The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) suspended Namibia’s disease-free status effective September 22, 2026.
  • The Directorate of Veterinary Services activated the National FMD Contingency Plan under the Animal Health Act of 2011.
  • Measures include a complete nationwide prohibition on the movement and trade of cloven-hoofed livestock, such as cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs.
  • Federal directives halted livestock slaughtering across commercial export abattoirs, municipal slaughterhouses, informal local markets, and public gatherings.
  • Import, export, and international in-transit shipping of live cloven-hoofed animals and raw meat products are suspended until further notice.
  • Security control checkpoints and disinfection roadblocks have been established along major transport arteries, including routes toward Windhoek.
  • State officials urged livestock producers to report suspect clinical symptoms immediately to regional veterinary offices.
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