Mexico: Agriculture and self-service stores sign an agreement to market agricultural food with safety certificates

Published 2021년 5월 12일

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The National Association of Self-Service and Department Stores (ANTAD) in Mexico has initiated the sale of 10 products with a safety seal from the National Service for Agri-Food Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica), as part of a concertation agreement aiming to expand the offer to 90 products. This agreement aims to ensure the sale of agricultural food products that are free of physical, chemical, and bacteriological contaminants, providing greater market opportunities for farmers who adopt Good Agricultural Practices. The agreement also seeks to link producers certified in pollution risk reduction systems with self-service stores, ensuring a responsible supply of vegetables harvested and distributed under optimal hygiene conditions.

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SADER PRESS RELEASE. In the first stage, the establishments of the National Association of Self-Service and Department Stores (ANTAD) began to sell 10 products: strawberry, chili, coriander, tomato, banana, mango, papaya, melon, lettuce and avocado, which have the distinctive seal of the National Service for Agri-Food Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica). In the coming months, the offer will increase to consider 90 products, among them: onion, chives, cherry, mushroom, chayote, pea, cabbage, cauliflower, peach, green bean, asparagus, spinach, beans, guava, fig and mushroom. In Mexico, horticultural products are grown on more than 1.9 million hectares with a value greater than 189 thousand 470 million pesos, so actions like this recognize the efforts of the producers. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, through the National Service for Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica), and the National Association of Self-service and Departmental Stores (ANTAD) signed ...

Source: Inforural