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Mexico Announces Three States as Free of CSF
MEXICO - The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishery and Food (SAGARPA) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register) on 30 January 2009, a notice declaring three Mexican States free of Classical Swine Fever (CSF).
With the notification of disease-free
status for the three States - Chiapas, Oaxaca and Tabasco - the entire country is now officially considered free of this
disease by SAGARPA.
The GOM and the State
Governments of these three states have made efforts to develop and implement sanitary measures
for the diagnosis, control, eradication and epidemiology surveillance of CSF.
After
epidemiology sampling of 100 per cent of all commercial hog farms and a representative
sample of the backyard production as prescribed in NOM-037-ZOO-1995, “Domestic
Campaign against the Classical Swine Fever”, the surveillance activities confirmed the
absence of the CSF etiological agent. Thus, SAGARPA officially declared Chiapas, Oaxaca and
Tabasco as free of CSF. With the addition of these three States, SAGARPA has now declared
all of Mexico as free of CSF.
FAS comment: The GOM has been working on developing new export markets for Mexican
pork products to enhance the profitability of this sector and eventually benefit domestic
producers. With this declaration, the GOM hopes to gain greater access to international
markets, including the United States, for its pork and pork products. Currently, USDA/APHIS
considers the Mexican States of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua,
Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Yucatan as free or of low risk for CSF.
Further Reading
 | - | You can view the full report by clicking here. |
| - | Find out more information on Classical Swine Fever (CSF) by clicking here. |
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