# Agricultural organisation TLU SA welcomes Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp’s announcement that qualifying local and international entities may manufacture foot-and-mouth disease vaccine at scale, through conditional licensing agreements with the Agricultural Research Council. General Manager Bennie van Zyl says the ARC vaccine is well suited to South African strains and may provide immunity for up […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA verwelkom die regering se besluit om die privaat sektor te betrek by die produksie van bek-en-klouseer-entstof in Suid-Afrika. Die Landbounavorsingsraad het ʼn voorstel van die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, aanvaar om privaat maatskappye wat kwalifiseer toe te laat om die raad se intellektuele eiendom te gebruik om die entstof […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA has welcomed the government’s move to involve the private sector in local foot-and-mouth disease vaccine production in South Africa. The Agricultural Research Council has approved a proposal by minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp to allow qualifying private companies to use the ARC’s intellectual property to manufacture its FMD vaccine at […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering het die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, se voorstel verwelkom dat maatskappye in die privaat sektor toegang kry tot die Landbounavorsingsraad se intellektuele eiendom oor entstof teen bek-en-klouseer. Die navorsingsraad se entstof is baie doeltreffend teen die plaaslike bek-en-klouseer-stamme, maar weens vervaardigingsbeperkings kan die raad tans nie genoeg vervaardig nie. Die […]
# The Western Cape government has welcomed Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp’s proposal to allow qualifying private sector companies access to the Agricultural Research Council’s intellectual property relating to foot-and-mouth disease vaccines. The ARC vaccine is a very effective defence against the domestic FMD strains; however, due to manufacturing constraints, the research council is currently […]
# Die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, sê kwalifiserende privaat ondernemings sal toegelaat word om die Landbounavorsingsraad se intellektuele eiendom te gebruik om sy entstof teen bek-en-klouseer in grootmaat te vervaardig. Die raad het die toegewing eenparig goedgekeur. Hy sê dis doeltreffend teen plaaslike stamme met een jaarlikse dosis, maar hy kan dit nie in […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp says qualifying private companies will be allowed to use the Agricultural Research Council’s intellectual property to manufacture its foot-and-mouth disease vaccine at scale. The council’s board unanimously agreed to the permission. It says its vaccine is effective against local strains with one annual dose, but cannot manufacture at scale. Aucamp […]
# The Southern African Agri Initiative calls for a thorough investigation into Onderstepoort Biological Products over alleged manipulation of foot-and-mouth vaccine pricing and its production capacity. The organisation also wants answers on the 500-million-rand that reportedly disappeared at the company. This follows the precautionary suspension of the state vaccine maker’s acting chief executive, Jacob Modumo. […]
# SA Canegrowers says retailers and food manufacturers are failing to honour a commitment to buy South African-produced sugar. According to the organisation, local sugar sales have fallen by 20-percent over the past three seasons, despite enough locally produced sugar to meet demand. SA Canegrowers’ spokesperson Higgins Mdluli says some retailers are selling sugar from […]
