Mexico: Mexico Lifts Ban for U.S. Poultry Products

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On April 8, 2016, the Animal Health General Directorate’s National Service of Health, Food Safety, and Food Quality from the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishery and Food (SENASICA - SAGARPA) through the Import and Export Directorate, announced the lifting of the restrictive measures applied to U.S. poultry and poultry products intended to be exported to Mexico. Restrictive measures were applied to products coming from 15 quarantined states due to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Effective on the indicated dates, poultry and poultry products are eligible to be exported to Mexico from all U.S. states except the state of Indiana. Mexico has modified the import requirements in the Zoo-sanitary Requirements Sheet (HRZ) for these products.

Mexico: Mexico Lifts Ban for U.S. Poultry Products

 

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