Mexico                                   

Mexico                                                                                         

Bone-In Beef Can’t Be Shipped Until FSIS Library Is Updated

The United States cannot export bone-in beef to Mexico until the online FSIS Export Library of Requirements has been updated, and this cannot happen until Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food Products (SAGARPA) provides FSIS with its updated requirement forms (hojas de requisitos).

SAGARPA announced Feb. 1 that it will now allow the United States and Canada to export bone-in as well as boneless beef from animals of 30 months or less to Mexico. After an initial ban on all U.S. beef in December 2003, Mexico opened the border to boneless beef in March 2004. Even after the opening to bone-in product, Mexico does not allow import of U.S. ground beef and intestine.

Mexico                                                                                         

Bone-In Beef Can’t Be Shipped Until FSIS Library Is Updated

The United States cannot export bone-in beef to Mexico until the online FSIS Export Library of Requirements has been updated, and this cannot happen until Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food Products (SAGARPA) provides FSIS with its updated requirement forms (hojas de requisitos).

SAGARPA announced Feb. 1 that it will now allow the United States and Canada to export bone-in as well as boneless beef from animals of 30 months or less to Mexico. After an initial ban on all U.S. beef in December 2003, Mexico opened the border to boneless beef in March 2004. Even after the opening to bone-in product, Mexico does not allow import of U.S. ground beef and intestine.