Mexico agrees with the United States that Ministry of Agriculture will supervise the orchards for avocado export

Mexico City, Sep 16 (EFE).- The governments of Mexico and the United States agreed to transfer the sampling and certification activities of orchards for the export of Mexican avocados to the United States to official personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), the agency reported on Monday. This is in recognition of the compliance that Mexican producers have shown with the work plan for the export of the product since in more than 27 years no sanitary problems have been detected. In a statement, the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture indicated that in this way, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (APHIS-USDA, in English) "provides confidence" to the National Service of Health, Safety and Food Quality (Senasica) of Sader "so that Mexican inspectors will supervise the absence of pests in the avocado orchards participating in the export program." He also noted that, in a documentary manner, "APHIS ...