Meat board confirms

Staff Writer Namibia’s formal market is currently running low on fresh, raw produce especially raw pork produce due to the current foot and mouth disease outbreak in South Africa. This confirmation was made by Desmond Cloete, head of Marketing at the Meat Board of Namibia. According to him, Namibia is currently experiencing a fresh pork meat shortage in the county for the formal market because the local production can only support about 50 percent of the domestic consumption. “These are the likes of the restaurants, butcheries and grocery stores. It is a challenge for Namibia. We do have small scale…