date:Mar 07, 2016
to be forthcoming.
South Africa had imposed a ban on imports of US chicken for about 15 years due to several sanitary issues. It also had concerns over a major outbreak of bird flu in the US that killed almost 50 million birds last year.
However, US officials had objected to South Africa's restrictions on US meat imports, citing that their products did not pose health risks. Officials also contended that the ban violated terms of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a free trade deal