Corrientes signed the agreement on minimum health status for Argentine meat packing plants

The National Service for Food Safety and Quality (Senasa) and the Government of the province of Corrientes signed an agreement to establish a joint effort to match the requirements of local meat packing plants with those of federal transit and thus ensure the safety of food reaching consumers. In this way, the province joined Salta and Tucumán, which are already working with the national agency to determine a minimum health status for these establishments. The first stage includes the survey of plants with provincial authorization in order to evaluate their hygienic-sanitary conditions. The agreement - which was signed by the president of Senasa, Pablo Cortese, and the Minister of Production of Corrientes, Claudio Anselmo - includes training in criteria, work methodologies and inspection of meat packing plants for supervisors, technical directors, heads of the Veterinary Inspection Service, quality managers and other personnel of all meat packing plants. Periodic workshops on food ...