Colombia begins the process of beef exports to the US and Canada

Published Nov 25, 2024

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Colombia is expanding the certification of bovine and buffalo establishments for beef export to the US and Canada, due to audit recommendations, with a goal to improve traceability and control. The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) will provide free National Individual Identification Devices for real-time traceability of the establishments. This resolution is expected to benefit producers and help combat illegal slaughter and meat smuggling, covering an estimated 55,000 heads of cattle. Additionally, the country is progressing with its cattle vaccination efforts, with 42.2% of the objective achieved in the current cycle, thanks to collaboration from various stakeholders including the ICA and Fedegán, overseeing the quality of vaccines and logistical activities respectively.

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Beef in Colombia continues to be one of the greatest attractions for the international market. With the issuance of ICA Resolution 017938 of 2024, the departments of Atlántico, Córdoba, Magdalena, Sucre and part of Antioquia, Bolívar and Chocó, which make up the Commerce/Caribbean zone, will be able to certify more establishments of origin of bovine and buffalo for the export of meat to the markets of the United States and Canada. This announcement is made with the objective of generating better conditions of traceability and control of the establishments of origin, in response to the recommendations made by the United States and Canada in audit visits they made to the country. With this resolution, the producers will be the most benefited, since the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) will henceforth provide free delivery of the National Individual Identification Devices (DIN), with which there will be real-time, updated and complete traceability of the establishment of ...

Source: Agromeat