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Mexico and Argentina intensify food trade to combat inflation

Last January, the National Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality Service (Senasica) issued the animal health requirements sheet for importing boneless and matured meat from Argentina.

Posted on Feb 22 ,00:10

Mexico and Argentina intensify food trade to combat inflation

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that, with the objective of expanding the sources of supply of beef to the Mexican market and positively impacting the containment of price increases, the National Service for Agri-Food Health, Safety and Quality ( Senasica) issued on January 10 the animal health requirements sheet for the importation of boneless and matured meat from Argentina.

The chief director of the Secretariat body, Francisco Javier Calderón Elizalde, held a meeting with the Argentine ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Alfonso Tomada, in which he emphasized the importance of issuing the animal health requirements sheet, which is part of the efforts made by the governments of both nations to increase the commercial exchange of agri-food products, for the benefit of producers and consumers.

The Mexican official stressed that there is a history of technical and scientific cooperation with the National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) of Argentina on multiple issues of plant health and animal health, through which a safe and efficient.

He explained that, through different protocols such as Risk Analysis, Senasica technicians quickly and efficiently foresee the probability of entry, establishment and spread of pests and diseases present in other latitudes, thereby protecting the countryside and Mexican livestock. .

He argued that, in accordance with the policy of the Government of Mexico to facilitate commercial exchange to reduce costs in the supply of food for the population, the necessary measures are established to guarantee the adequate level of protection of the country's livestock health.

With the application of these measures, the criteria for importing meat are homologated with countries with a sanitary status similar to that of Mexico, such as the United States and Canada, he explained.

In this way, he said, the transaction costs of imports are reduced and the sources of supply of meat products to Mexico are expanded, which seeks to contain the rise in food prices.

For his part, the South American diplomat agreed that both countries are complementary, since their climatic diversities stimulate the exchange of healthy and safe goods for the benefit of consumers.

He assured that the current commercial environment, increasingly competitive, requires the authorities to be extremely careful to manage commercial protocols and, in this sense, Mexico and Argentina are internationally recognized for their healthcare work.

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