Brazil may export beef to Mexico

Beginning this week, Brazil can export beef to Mexico. The nation approved 34 refrigerating vegetation to promote to the Mexican market, after 12 years of negotiations.

Mexico will be capable of purchase beef from Santa Catarina, a state acknowledged by the World Group for Animal Well being (OMSA) as a foot-and-mouth disease-free zone. The nation may also be capable of purchase recent and boneless meat from one other 14 states declared freed from foot-and-mouth illness, with vaccination.

On Monday (sixth) night time, the Mexican authorities revealed the zoosanitary necessities for the acquisition of beef from Brazil, the final step in the direction of the discharge of the 34 slaughterhouses. The authorization takes place one month after Mexico releases the import of Brazilian pork.

In line with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, the opening of the Mexican market represents a historic alternative for Brazilian commerce relations. The enlargement of markets, knowledgeable the folder, propitiates the resumption of the expansion of livestock, which suffered a blow final month, with the discovery of an atypical case of mad cow disease on a farm in Marabá (PA).

In 2011, Brazil had requested Mexico for authorization to export poultry, cattle and pork to the nation. For the reason that starting of the yr, highlighted the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, refrigerating vegetation have been certified for export to Indonesia and the suspensions of three extra refrigerating vegetation on the market to the Chinese language have been lifted.

Loopy Cow

In line with the Nationwide Service of Well being, Security and Meals High quality of Mexico, the Brazilian authorities communicated that the case of mad cow is atypical and with out danger of transmission to different animals and people. In line with the company, as Brazil maintains the standing of insignificant danger for mad cow illness, meat gross sales to Mexico could be cleared with out issues.

Concerning the opposite nations that suspended the acquisition of Brazilian beef after the invention of mad cow illness, technical groups from the Ministry of Agriculture have a brand new assembly this Tuesday with Chinese language authorities. For the reason that notification of the atypical case in southeastern Pará, 4 nations stopped shopping for the Brazilian product: China, Iran, Jordan and Thailand.