Chile lifts the suspension and resumes importing beef and cattle from Patagonia

The resolution, awaited with great anticipation by the livestock sector, involves the lifting of the suspension that had been in place since the end of July on the imports of Patagonian livestock products, and was announced following the conclusion of a technical audit by Chile's Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG) in Argentine territory. A health conflict comes to an end The corrective measure by Chile had been taken after the Argentine government modified its sanitary regulations through Resolution 460/2025 of the SENASA, allowing the movement of bone-in meat from vaccinated zones to regions traditionally free of vaccination, such as Patagonia. The Chilean SAG initially interpreted this change as a potential zoosanitary risk, so it decided to suspend imports while the new epidemiological conditions were analyzed. However, after intense negotiations between the SENASA and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries of the Argentine Ministry of Economy, and following ...