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own countries. SAPPO must see this as an opportunity for extended
communication and relationship building. An African country applicant
might be able to join as an Associate Member.

9. GENERAL

9.1 RMIF
Johann Kotzé reminded the members that SAPPO had stepped out of
the global statutory levy and became independent.

He was of the opinion that the RMIF was malfunctioning. SAPPO was
paying towards the compliance fund and the liaison fund. It was a
verbal agreement that was still being honoured. The RMIF has R18 million
in unspent money, excluding the Research and Development Trust fund.
There was R8 million in the Compliance reserve fund. The RMIF is
undergoing a restructuring process.

The members also noted that SAPPO had asked the RMIF for financial
assistance during the listeriosis outbreak but was told that it was a pork
issue and not a red meat issue; therefore, no funds were made available
to the pork industry. The recommendation was to stop paying fees
towards the compliance fund and only contribute when necessary
subject to the industry’s own consent.

SAPPO was also paying towards the management of the RMIF office. It
is important to have a forum but they need to divorce the levy from the
rest of the business.

Decision:
Johan van der Walt, David Osborne and Johann Kotzé must meet with
the RMIF to raise the industry’s concerns. EB 06/2020-25/02/2020

9.2 NAHF

SAPPO was a driver in the establishment of the NAHF therefore the
communication and relationship-building with government should not
be jeopordised. The NAHF is registered as a NPC with a board of directors
and Dr Pieter Vervoort was mandated to go into the public space. The
SAPPO Exco decided that SAPPO should have a director in order to know
what was going on.

The industry became uneasy with the directorship due to the following:
• Government started talking only to the NAHF representative and not
to the industries.

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