Day: March 19, 2024

The Kabarole District and Fort portal city taskforce teams in charge of enforcing quarantine measures in response to the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak have relaxed restrictions to allow meat vendors to resume operations under strict guidelines. Following the FMD outbreak, Dr. Anna Rose Ademun, the commissioner of Animal Health, placed Fortportal City and Kabarole…

A new authority to harmonize the regulation and enforcement of food safety and quality standards is about to be introduced by the government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). At a three-day consultative retreat held in Entebbe over the weekend to discuss the principles of the Food and Agriculture Authority, the…