Colombia could start exporting meat to United States in two years

According to the protocols that must be followed, Colombia could start exporting beef to the United States within two years, said the outgoing manager of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA), Deyanira Barrero León. According to what was stated by the director, this month (January) they should be receiving the audit report that they carried out and what was agreed at the closing meeting of that visit was that after receiving the report, six additional months in which the United States is going to have the time to finalize the so-called risk assessment. This evaluation has already completed a documentary stage, the on-site audit, and now they are completing the analysis in the following six months. After that time, they place the result of that evaluation in a public consultation that is regulated and that has a minimum term of 60 days, which would mean eight months. If there are no comments against and the evaluation goes to the final decision-making stage, it would have to ...