China suspended the authorization of BPU and authorized new plants for the export of bovine tripe

Yesterday, the competent Chinese authority, the GACC, announced the authorization and suspension of export plants from different countries, including Uruguayan ones. The GACC reported that as of September 3, imports from the BPU plant, from Minerva, were suspended, reported the firm OIG. The general director of the Livestock Services of Uruguay, Diego De Freitas, informed Faxcarne that the suspension issue was administrative due to a change in the legal representative of the plant. Therefore, since it is not a sanitary problem, it is expected that in a week "it should be authorized again," he said. In addition, given that these weeks the plant is inactive, if the rehabilitation is processed quickly it will not have consequences on its export flow to the Chinese market. In addition, the import of another three plants for the export of frozen bovine tripe was authorized: Frigorífico Carrasco, from Minerva, Frigoyí and the cold chamber of Frigorífico Modelo. As previously stated, the ...