The National Ostrich Processors of Association (NOPSA) is a membership-based organisation which functions under the South African Ostrich Business Chamber (SAOBC) and membership is open to ostrich producers, processors and partners in the ostrich industry.
South African Ostrich Business Chamber (SAOBC) membership is made up of a variety of roleplayers and partners in the ostrich industry such as Klein Karoo International, Camexo, ostriwell, Chestnut Hills Abattoir, Mosstrich, Ranchos Las Plumas, South Cape Ostrich Tanning and Roelcor.
As a member of SAOBC, members need to ensure that there is adequate maintenance, clean conditions and quality control at ostrich farms. Ostriches are to be bred according to free range principles and treated in a humane manner.
They’re health is to be a priority and insects and potential disease are to be removed and monitored. The SAOBC and its members are to avoid selling ostrich products including ostrich meat, leather and feathers that are diseased and of poor quality.
The South African Ostrich Business Chamber and its members are encouraged to support each other and actively participate in the association’s affairs to create symbiotic relationships that will benefit the whole industry in the long run.
Ostrich producers, processors and members of the ostrich industry are to maintain efficiency in sustainable and ethical ostrich farming management and practices and engage in business practices and product marketing in a way that is economically healthy for the association and the industry.
South Africa was the first country in the world where ostrich farming started on a commercial basis, in the mid-1820s feathers were harveste...