China authorizes four Argentine meat packing plants to sell animal products

Authorized companies will be able to export meat, bone and blood meal to that market China, the largest buyer of Argentine beef, authorized four Argentine meat processing plants to sell it products of animal origin. “The Animal and Plant Quarantine Department of the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) published on its website an update of the list of foreign establishments producing and processing protein and fat from terrestrial animals for Argentine animal consumption, with the incorporation of the meat processing plants Quickfood SA, Mapar SA, Refinería del Centro SA, and SA Importadora y Exportadora de la Patagonia,” said the Ministry of Agriculture, led by Sergio Iraeta, in a statement. “The authorization of these four Argentine meat processing plants is the result of negotiations carried out in this regard this year by the agricultural portfolio and Senasa,” it indicated. According to the information provided, the establishments ...