Starting this week, Brazil can export beef to Mexico. The country authorized 34 refrigerating plants to sell to the Mexican market, after 12 years of negotiations.
Mexico will be able to buy beef from Santa Catarina, a state recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health (OMSA) as a foot-and-mouth disease-free zone. The country will also be able to buy fresh and boneless meat from another 14 states declared free of foot-and-mouth disease, with vaccination.
On Monday (6th) night, the Mexican government published the zoosanitary requirements for the purchase of beef from Brazil, the last step towards the release of the 34 slaughterhouses. The authorization takes place one month after Mexico releases the import of Brazilian pork.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, the opening of the Mexican market represents a historic opportunity for Brazilian trade relations. The expansion of markets, informed the folder, propitiates the resumption of growth in livestock, which suffered a blow last month, with the discovery of an atypical case of mad cow disease on a farm in Marabá (PA).
In 2011, Brazil had asked Mexico for authorization to export poultry, cattle and pork to the country. Since the beginning of the year, highlighted the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, refrigerating plants were qualified for export to Indonesia and the suspensions of three more refrigerating plants for sale to the Chinese were lifted.
Starting this week, Brazil can export beef to Mexico. The country authorized 34 refrigerating plants to sell to the Mexican market, after 12 years of negotiations.
Mexico will be able to buy beef from Santa Catarina, a state recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health (OMSA) as a foot-and-mouth disease-free zone. The country will also be able to buy fresh and boneless meat from another 14 states declared free of foot-and-mouth disease, with vaccination.
On Monday (6th) night, the Mexican government published the zoosanitary requirements for the purchase of beef from Brazil, the last step towards the release of the 34 slaughterhouses. The authorization takes place one month after Mexico releases the import of Brazilian pork.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, the opening of the Mexican market represents a historic opportunity for Brazilian trade relations. The expansion of markets, informed the folder, propitiates the resumption of growth in livestock, which suffered a blow last month, with the discovery of an atypical case of mad cow disease on a farm in Marabá (PA).
In 2011, Brazil had asked Mexico for authorization to export poultry, cattle and pork to the country. Since the beginning of the year, highlighted the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, refrigerating plants were qualified for export to Indonesia and the suspensions of three more refrigerating plants for sale to the Chinese were lifted.
