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

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 ...