Lesotho: Snowball Effects of Poultry Ban Adversely Affecting Retailers

RETAILERS and restaurants in Lesotho have been forced to issue notices advising consumers of the lack of chicken products in their outlets while others have already temporarily closed shop.

The absence of chicken and its byproducts in retail outlets is the snowball effect of the government’s decision to impose a ban on chicken imports, following the outbreak of Avian Influenza in South Africa in June this year.

The Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Thabo Mofosi, imposed the…