Brazil makes the entry of Argentine hake more flexible for 60 days

The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation, Julián Domínguez, accompanied by the Argentine ambassador Daniel Scioli, held a meeting this Wednesday in the city of Brasilia with his counterpart from the Brazilian agricultural portfolio, Marcos Montes Cordeiro. One of the topics discussed was the announcement of a temporary change in the sanitary criteria for the entry of imported fish, specifically, for the species Merlucius hubbsi, in a 'frozen' product. PUERTO MAGAZINE accessed the technical document that modifies the inspection parameters of fishery products, where it is expressly mentioned that such a measure is to avoid "shortages" in Brazilian businesses in the months of greatest fish consumption, and limits flexibility to the maximum to June 3. With the signature of the director of the Department of Inspection of Products of Animal Origin, Ana Lucia de Paula Viana, and the director of the Department of Technical Services, José Luis Ravagnani Vargas, ...