Published: 07 May 2014

The Agricultural Marketing Authority has suspended the imposition of a poultry levy after stakeholders agreed that the move would cripple farmers who are already suffering from economic hardships.

The Statutory Instrument, Poultry and Poultry Products Development Regulations, 2013 required all poultry producers to register, pay levies and submit returns to the authority.

It also stated that a processing fee of 5c per kilogramme on all poultry meat and poultry products imported for resale had to be paid to the Poultry Industry Development Fund, while one cent would be paid for every chick sold or retained by a breeder.

The fees and levies were to be used for the development of the poultry industry.
- Herald

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