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Ministerial Decision No. 187/15 prohibiting transport and movement of biungulate animals from and to specific municipalities.

Country/Territory
Angola
Document type
Regulation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 79.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Cattle Pests/diseases Quarantine Transport/storage Internal trade International trade Grazing Animal health
Geographical area
Africa, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Ministerial Decision enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Ministerial Decision, as provided by Law of Animal Health No. 4/04, prohibits transport and trade of biungulate animals (cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, buffalo, antelope, etc.) and their related products, due to foot and mouth disease that could threaten a severe food security, inside and outside the Municipalities of Cuangar and Menongue, in Kuando Kubango Province, and within the municipalities of Kwanhama, Namacunde and Cuvelai, in Cunene province. It takes into consideration that the infected areas present conditions for the rapid dissemination of the disease, since it is an extensive transhumance zone where animals converge from various parts of southern Angola and northern Namibia looking for pasture and water in the dry season. It also applies for the entry into the country of biungulate animals and their products from northern Namibia Region, in particular from the areas of Ohangwena, Omusati, Oshana, Kunene north, Oshikoto, Kavango and Kavango West.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Law No. 4/04 on Animal Health.

Legislation | Angola | 2004

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Animal health, Animal production, Animal reproduction, Basic legislation, Classification/declassification, Disinfection/disinfestation, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Institution, Marking/identification, Pests/diseases, Policy/planning, Quarantine, Registration, Transport/storage, Vaccination, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Ministerial Decision No. 217/17 allowing the transport and movement of biungulate animals within the Municipality of Cuangar, Province of Cuando Cubango.

Legislation | Angola | 2017

Keyword: Cattle, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Transport/storage, Internal trade, International trade, Grazing, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX