AGRICULTURAL NEWS - The ban was implemented following the discovery of a batch of imported of non-irradiated Zambian honey reportedly containing specimens of the American foulbrood (AFB)Paenibacillus larvae that’s deadly to bees.
Miles praised SA’s department of agriculture (DAFF) for intercepting the consignment of honey before it could enter South Africa’s borders to possibly infect the country’s AFB-free wild and commercial hives.
AFB is presently limited mainly to parts of the Western Cape and its immediate surrounds, and strict controls are in place to minimise the risk of it spreading across the rest of South Africa.
