Colombia suspends import of U.S. beef due to bird flu

As a protective measure and in order to keep Colombia free of avian influenza and safeguard human health, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) temporarily suspended the import of live cattle and products such as semen, embryos and raw meat, coming from the United States. Joined. And that country has reported the presence of avian influenza in dairy cows in eight states in its territory: Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and Colorado. You may be interested: With public auctions, the Government will seek to reduce high milk inventories in Colombia "As the country's health authority, we take this measure preventively and temporarily, to protect the Colombian countryside and human health, taking into account that there is no certainty about the behavior of the disease in mammals, since it is the first time at the level worldwide that this virus is detected in cattle,” reported the ICA. He assured that Colombia has authorized beef from ...