Mexico: SENASICA prevents the entry of 117 pests into the country with the rejection of 1,449 commercial risk shipments in 2020

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development rejected the entry into the national territory of 1,449 commercial shipments during 2020, which prevented the entry of 117 pests of quarantine importance that pose a risk to food production in Mexico. To carry out these actions, the officials of the National Service for Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica) inspected 43 million 393 thousand 893 tons of regulated agricultural, aquaculture and fishing products, which represents four percent more than in 2019. These measures form part of the work carried out by Agriculture in all ports, airports and borders in order to reduce the risk of exotic pests and diseases entering the national territory, that is, they do not exist in Mexico. Of the rejections, 69 percent corresponded to merchandise of animal origin, 25 of vegetable origin and 6 percent to aquaculture merchandise. Of the livestock products, 58 percent were live horses, seven percent balanced feed, five percent poultry, ...