Mexico suspends pork imports from the US after detecting pseudorabies antibodies.

Mexico has suspended some imports of pork products from the United States after detecting antibodies related to the pseudorabies virus in some animals, it reported on Thursday (14) ReutersAccording to the president of Organization of Mexican PorciculturistsAccording to Ivan Espinosa, the suspension involves breeding pigs, semen, offal, and giblets. The restriction affects about 10% of Mexican imports of pork products from the US, but does not include pork meat, fat, hides, or pig hair, products considered to have no risk of disease transmission. According to Espinosa, the measure was implemented on May 2nd by the Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASIC), the Mexican health agency, as a preventive action. SENASIC removed the sanitary import requirements for these products from all US states from its platform while conducting an epidemiological analysis. Currently, about half of the pork consumed in Mexico is imported, with approximately 80% of that volume coming from the United States. According to the official, the suspension will remain in effect until health authorities determine which US regions have been affected and which can safely resume trade.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.