MEXICO CITY (EFE).— After 4 years, the US authorities lifted restrictions on the free entry of recent Mexican tomatoes, celebrated the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Growth (Sader).
The Mexican authorities acknowledged in a press release that restrictions associated to the tomato rugose virus have been eradicated following 4 years of “technical arguments with the USA Division of Agriculture (USDA).”
With this determination, Mexican producers who export their fruit to the USA should not embrace an inspection certificates of their shipments, as was necessary since June 3, 2020.
This certificates needed to embrace the inspection date, title, title and signature of the individual issuing the certificates, in addition to the names and addresses of the producer and packer.
Sader additionally indicated that this measure “facilitates and quickens border crossing,” whereas the Nationwide Service for Agri-Meals Well being, Security and High quality (Senasica) specified that the restriction solely prevails for tomato and pepper propagative materials, which incorporates seeds. , however excludes recent product.
The Secretary of Agriculture defined that Senasica maintains that recent fruit is just not a way of dissemination of the tomato rugose virus, “because the supposed use is recent consumption and never copy.”
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2024-06-23 17:26:27
