South Africa Suspends Exports of Ostrich Meat, Live Birds
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South Africa, which accounts for 80 percent of world ostrich production, suspended exports of ostrich meat and all live birds following an avian flu outbreak.
The disease outbreak has been narrowed down to one farm with about 5,000 ostriches in Oudtshoorn, Wouter Kriel, the spokesman for the Western Cape Provincial Department of Agriculture, said in a phone interview today. Oudtshoorn is about 450 kilometers (279 miles) from Cape Town.