Mexico faces problems for exports of cattle to the United States

Mexico faces problems for future exports of bovines to the United States, acknowledged Tatiana Clouthier, Secretary of the Economy. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) periodically reviews the requirements for bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis for imported cattle from various states and areas within Mexico. But in the latest reclassification of the USDA Plant and Animal Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which will begin operating on April 16, a total of 11 entities in Mexico did not meet the requirements: Baja California Jalisco Zacatecas Chiapas Guanajuato Guerrero Nayarit Tabasco Michoacán San Luis Potosí State of Mexico "States are having problems despite the resources given to them for the health issue," said Clouthier in a virtual meeting with members of the Commission for Follow-up on the Implementation of the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) of the Senate of the Republic. Mexico last year exported live bovine animals to the US ...