Colombia begins the process of exporting beef to the US and Canada

Published 2024년 11월 26일

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The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) has announced a new resolution, ICA 017938 of 2024, to permit more establishments in Colombia to certify bovine and buffalo establishments for meat export to the United States and Canada. This initiative aims to benefit producers by offering free National Individual Identification Devices for traceability and compliance with export requirements. The resolution is expected to authorize around 55,000 heads of cattle for export, thereby combating illegal slaughter and meat smuggling. This development is part of the government's strategy to enhance Colombia's presence in the beef and buffalo meat export markets.

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The departments of Atlántico, Córdoba, Magdalena, Sucre and part of Antioquia, Bolívar and Chocó, which make up the Commerce/Caribbean zone, will be able to certify more establishments of origin of bovine and buffalo for the export of meat to the markets of the United States and Canada. This was established by the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) with the issuance of Resolution ICA 017938 of 2024, which will allow more establishments in the country to comply with the necessary requirements to export meat to the north of the continent. You can read: China becomes the second largest buyer of Colombian meat According to the authority, with this resolution the most benefited will be the producers, since the ICA, from now on, will carry out the free delivery of the National Individual Identification Devices (DIN), with which the traceability will be available in real time, updated and complete, of the establishment of origin, with a record of all the sanitary events and ...

Source: Elcolombiano