The Patagonian rural women met with Sergio Iraeta and Pablo Cortese, following the relaxation of the health barrier: "Their

Yesterday afternoon, representatives of rural entities from Patagonia held a meeting with the head of the Agriculture Secretariat, Sergio Iraeta, and the president of Senasa, Pablo Cortese, with the aim of showing their rejection of Resolution 460 from that organization, which relaxed the sanitary barrier south of the Colorado River. Accompanied by Carlos Castagnani, president of Argentine Rural Confederations (CRA), and in the presence of the Undersecretary of Agricultural and Forestry Production, Manuel Chiappe, the entities criticized the prioritization of economic criteria over sanitary and productive issues, and highlighted the risk that the measure poses to international trade. Additionally, they asked for compliance with the regulations regarding meat packaging and maturation, and for clarification of the specific situation of pork and other species. "Although the meeting was in educated terms, the presentation of the entire Patagonian group was with great anger, with much ...