Paraguay lifts ban on imports of animals and products from the German market

Published 2025년 3월 19일

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An embargo on agricultural imports from Germany has been lifted due to that country's status being changed back to 'foot-and-mouth disease-free zone where vaccination is not practiced'. The embargo was initially imposed after a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak was detected in Germany on January 10. The disease, which affected water buffalo, marked the first outbreak in the country since 1988. The lifting of the embargo was recorded in Senacsa Resolution No. 330. The disease has caused concern in South America, with countries like Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay halting imports of livestock products from Germany, and especially worried about the presence of the serotype O of the disease, which is also found in South America.

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The import embargo was imposed due to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, and due to the reinstatement of the sanitary status of "foot-and-mouth disease-free zone where vaccination is not practiced," it was lifted. The measure was updated through Senacsa Resolution No. 330. The European country had confirmed the detection of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak on January 10 in three water buffalo in Hoppegarten (Brandenburg), for the first time since 1988. Paraguay purchases high-value cured meat products and genetics from this market. According to Senacsa head José Carlos Martin, the incident would not have much impact locally. Like Paraguay, countries such as Argentina and Uruguay suspended animal imports from the German market, which slaughtered pigs, goats, and sheep as containment measures. Martin had noted that South America had also decided to suspend the import of livestock products altogether. He also stated that ...

Source: Agromeat