USDA, SENASICA Agree on Terms of Engagement
USDA, SENASICA Agree on Terms of Engagement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) yesterday announced the signing of a procedural agreement with its Mexican counterpart on terms of engagement.
The “Terms of Reference” agreement between FSIS and Mexico’s National Service of Health, Food Safety and Agro-Alimentary Quality (SENASICA) “represents a new level of interaction and cooperation between FSIS and SENASICA,” according to a USDA press statement.
“FSIS has been working diligently with SENASICA on this agreement to improve how we work together,” said FSIS Administrator Al Almanza. “Through the cooperation of SENASICA, we can jointly continue to enhance our efforts in ensuring food safety and protecting public health.”
The document focuses on matters of equivalence, audit procedures, the listing and delisting of eligible establishments for export to the two respective countries and establishing more effective means of communication in areas of public health.
The agreement is intended to provide an opportunity for improvement of established procedures. FSIS and SENASICA worked together after SENASICA’s request to FSIS for written standard procedures by which the agencies interact on matters of food safety and public health.
“This is a very positive development that should help facilitate trade relations between the United States and Mexico,” said Chad Russell, USMEF regional director for Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.
USDA, SENASICA Agree on Terms of Engagement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) yesterday announced the signing of a procedural agreement with its Mexican counterpart on terms of engagement.
The “Terms of Reference” agreement between FSIS and Mexico’s National Service of Health, Food Safety and Agro-Alimentary Quality (SENASICA) “represents a new level of interaction and cooperation between FSIS and SENASICA,” according to a USDA press statement.
“FSIS has been working diligently with SENASICA on this agreement to improve how we work together,” said FSIS Administrator Al Almanza. “Through the cooperation of SENASICA, we can jointly continue to enhance our efforts in ensuring food safety and protecting public health.”
The document focuses on matters of equivalence, audit procedures, the listing and delisting of eligible establishments for export to the two respective countries and establishing more effective means of communication in areas of public health.
The agreement is intended to provide an opportunity for improvement of established procedures. FSIS and SENASICA worked together after SENASICA’s request to FSIS for written standard procedures by which the agencies interact on matters of food safety and public health.
“This is a very positive development that should help facilitate trade relations between the United States and Mexico,” said Chad Russell, USMEF regional director for Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.