Mexico: They call on the Chamber of Deputies to request judicial protection to suspend the importation of Argentine beef

From the PRI bench in the Chamber of Deputies, they condemned that the Federal Government has authorized the import of Argentine beef in an attempt to lower prices in the local market, without having carried out a corresponding consultation with the parties involved. The legislator Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, commented to the newspaper El Norte, that since this represents a risk for the animal health status of the country, Mexican farmers have the right to request judicial protection to suspend these purchases. YOU MAY BE INTERESTED: Argentine beef, ready to enter Mexico; 20 years after foot-and-mouth disease In the GCMA they do not see a downward impact on prices, but they do not see a health risk either Juan Carlos Anaya, director of the Grupo Consultor de Mercados Agrícolas (GCMA), described as improbable that these imports represent a decrease in meat prices in the local market, derived from the high transportation costs. According to GCMA figures, until October, the ...