Horse meat is not consumed in Argentina but leaves millions of dollars for its export

Talking about “horse meat” in Argentina is a sensitive topic, however, there are countries in Europe where this product has a high demand. In Argentina there are a total of 2,615,804 equines registered in Senasa from 212,413 establishments that have reported the ownership of what that organization defines as an equine: foals, mares, stallions, horses, donkeys, donkeys and mules. So far this year, Argentina has exported 8,564.24 tons through four meat processing plants, which are the only ones authorized to carry out these tasks demanded by several nations in the world. Internally, this type of meat is not consumed due to cultural issues, habit and sense of belonging to the animal that ended up influencing it. Between January and August, US$27,871,784.76 entered the country in foreign currency for shipments of horse meat, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. Argentina is among the main world exporting countries of equine meat. The main importer of these national ...