A 20-year long ban prohibiting the export of South African red meat to Saudi Arabia has been lifted, with the country set to begin importing beef, lamb, mutton and goat in the coming weeks.
The Saudi Arabian Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) lifted the ban on the country’s meat imports, which was originally instituted due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in South Africa, according to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD).
The lifting of the ban has been a few months in the making with talks initially surfacing in August 2023.
The department said only facilities with halaal compliance in South Africa would be certified
