Paraguay resumes rice shipments to Mexico after being pest-free
Rice
Nuts & Seeds
Published Feb 27, 2024
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Paraguay has recommenced rice exports to Mexico after they were halted in 2021 due to the Khapra weevil pest. The National Service of Quality and Plant and Seed Health (Senave) has declared Paraguay free of the pest, following a phytosanitary surveillance plan. A shipment of 52 tons of rice, which met all quality and phytosanitary standards, has already been received by Mexico.
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(By Planeta Arroz, with agencies) Paraguay has resumed rice exports to Mexico, suspended since 2021, after confirming that the South American country is free of the Khapra weevil pest, the National Service of Quality and Plant and Seed Health (Senave). In a statement, the entity indicated that this Monday the entry into Mexico of a shipment of 52 tons of rice, distributed in two containers, was completed, which “passed quality and phytosanitary controls”. The containers, explained the president of Senave, Pastor Soria Melo, were part of a test and were prepared in October 2023 through a work plan between that Paraguayan institution, the National Service for Health, Safety and Agri-food Quality (Senasica) of Mexico and the company Agrozafra, among others. Specifically, a phytosanitary surveillance plan for stored grain pests, particularly the Khapra weevil, was implemented in order to confirm “the absent quarantine pest status for Paraguay.” Senave indicated that in 2021 the pest ...
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