Mexican Government Ends Pork Inspection At Some Ports Of Entry
Mexico
Mexican Government Ends Pork Inspection At Some Ports Of Entry
Effective December 11, 2007, the following U.S.-Mexican border points of entry will no longer inspect and clear consignments of pork, pork carcasses, and pork variety meat for entry into Mexico: Ciudad Camargo, Mexicali, Reynosa, San Luis Rio Colorado, Agua Prieta and Matamoros.
Inspections of pork imports will also cease at the Mexican seaports of Puerto Morelos, Mazatlan, Veracruz and Tuxpan. These changes were made to establish better verification and inspection of pork entering Mexico, according to Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture.
The Mexican government will continue to inspect and clear imports of pork at the following border crossing points, through which about 80 percent of U.S. pork enters Mexico:
- Tijuana (Baja California State)
- Ciudad Juárez (Chihuahua State)
- Piedras Negras (Coahuila State)
- Nogales (Sonora State)
- Colombia (Nuevo Leon State)
- Nuevo Laredo (Tamaulipas State)
And through the following seaports:
- Lazaro Cardenas
- Manzanillo
Consignments will, however. be allowed to enter Mexico from all points of entry until December 17 if the sanitary import permit (HRZ) is dated prior to December 11, 2007.
The Mexican government is coming under increasing pressure from producers to stem the tide of pork imports, which they claim is threatening their livelihood. The economy and agriculture ministries have committed to support domestic pork producers by tightening quarantine inspections. Also, the Mexican Meat Council (CMC), the association of meat processors of Mexico and the largest association of U.S. pork importers, agreed to voluntarily restrict imports of frozen pork in an effort to placate domestic pork producers. Approximately 15 percent of Mexico’s imports of pork are frozen. According to media reports, CMC, in conjunction with the Confederation of Mexican Pork Producers (Confepor), agreed to participate in a pork import substitution program in order to increase purchases of domestic pork by local meat companies, Confepor’s members.
This issue is developing rapidly. USMEF will send out additional bulletins as events develop.
Mexico
Mexican Government Ends Pork Inspection At Some Ports Of Entry
Effective December 11, 2007, the following U.S.-Mexican border points of entry will no longer inspect and clear consignments of pork, pork carcasses, and pork variety meat for entry into Mexico: Ciudad Camargo, Mexicali, Reynosa, San Luis Rio Colorado, Agua Prieta and Matamoros.
Inspections of pork imports will also cease at the Mexican seaports of Puerto Morelos, Mazatlan, Veracruz and Tuxpan. These changes were made to establish better verification and inspection of pork entering Mexico, according to Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture.
The Mexican government will continue to inspect and clear imports of pork at the following border crossing points, through which about 80 percent of U.S. pork enters Mexico:
- Tijuana (Baja California State)
- Ciudad Juárez (Chihuahua State)
- Piedras Negras (Coahuila State)
- Nogales (Sonora State)
- Colombia (Nuevo Leon State)
- Nuevo Laredo (Tamaulipas State)
And through the following seaports:
- Lazaro Cardenas
- Manzanillo
Consignments will, however. be allowed to enter Mexico from all points of entry until December 17 if the sanitary import permit (HRZ) is dated prior to December 11, 2007.
The Mexican government is coming under increasing pressure from producers to stem the tide of pork imports, which they claim is threatening their livelihood. The economy and agriculture ministries have committed to support domestic pork producers by tightening quarantine inspections. Also, the Mexican Meat Council (CMC), the association of meat processors of Mexico and the largest association of U.S. pork importers, agreed to voluntarily restrict imports of frozen pork in an effort to placate domestic pork producers. Approximately 15 percent of Mexico’s imports of pork are frozen. According to media reports, CMC, in conjunction with the Confederation of Mexican Pork Producers (Confepor), agreed to participate in a pork import substitution program in order to increase purchases of domestic pork by local meat companies, Confepor’s members.
This issue is developing rapidly. USMEF will send out additional bulletins as events develop.