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Import
- List of countries that export dairy to South Africa – 25 September 2025
- USA – Importation of Poultry (States) as of 09 January 2026
- Relocation of Veterinary Permit office
- Courier Letter
- Application Forms
- Approved abattoirs for import
- SOP for microbiological testing of imported meat
- procedure manual - inspect import meat
- SOP-01-2017 - Standard operating procedure (SOP) on verification of compliance to the meat labelling (2019-02-25).
- Standard operating procedure (SOP) for the Import of Cattle, Sheep and Goats for direct slaughter/feedlot purposes from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS SOP)
- List of approved facilities for the import of PAP’s from the UK and EU countries
Restrictions on the importation of pork from countries not free of PRRS
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- SA import requirements for uncooked pork and pork products from countries not free of PRRSv
- Lists of import pork cuts exempt from PRRSv further processing by country
- Belgium list of exempt products 2014-12-03
- Brazil list of exempt pork cuts 2015-12
- Canada list of pork exempt pork cuts 2015-08-26
- Danish list of unrestricted pork cuts 2016-02-26
- France list of exempt pork cuts 2013-06-28
- Germany list of exempt pork cuts 2016-05-10
- Hungary list of pork exempt pork cuts 2013-07-08
- Ireland list of exempt pork cuts 2015-05
- Netherlands list of exempt pork cuts 2015-01-26
- Spain list of exempt products 2017-03-06
- UK list of exempt pork cuts 2013-07-15
- USA list of Lower risk pork cuts (2018-11-16)
- List of approved facilities to import, handle and process uncooked pork from countries not free of PRRSv

