Mexico and the US sign a protocol to resume exports of live cattle
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Government of Mexico and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) signed the protocol that establishes the measures to resume Mexican cattle exports, which had been paused by the USDA following the interception of a case of cattle screwworm (GBG) detected in an animal coming from Central America, on November 21 in Catazajá, Chiapas.
Staff from the National Service for Health, Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA) and the USDA will inspect the cattle that are to be exported to the United States, to certify that they comply with the sanitary conditions provided for in the agreed protocol.
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