Mexico: The meat industry, a field with diverse job opportunities for zootechnician veterinarians

Published Dec 8, 2024

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The meat and food industry presents a variety of job opportunities for zootechnician veterinarians (MVZ), according to Dr. Hugo Fragoso Sánchez, executive president of the National Association of TIF Establishments (Anetif). Anetif, which represents 136 meat establishments, requires MVZ for their operation across different segments such as slaughterhouses, cutting and boning rooms, processing plants, cold chambers, and distribution centers. MVZs play a crucial role in inspecting carcasses for diseases, ensuring animal welfare, and preventing meat contamination. Their responsibility also includes verifying the quality of products and signing the zoosanitary certificate, ensuring compliance with standards for public health and international exports.

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In the meat industry and in the food industry in general, zootechnician veterinarians (MVZ) have many job opportunities, in any of its links, the only thing they have to do is receive special training. This was stated by Dr. Hugo Fragoso Sánchez, graduate of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (FMVZ-UNAM) and executive president (since 2009) of the National Association of TIF Establishments (Anetif). Participating in the cycle “The trunk of opportunities”, carried out by the Secretariat of Community Care and the Secretariat of Linkage and Special Projects of the FMVZ with the objective of showing the students the different areas in which they can work as MVZ, Dr. Hugo Fragoso explained that Anetif is an organization of businessmen whose purpose is to modernize the meat industry and its derivatives, to raise quality standards for the benefit of public health and the full satisfaction of national consumers. In the Aline ...

Source: Agromeat