Imports from Mexico
Just days after announcing a phased reopening of U.S.-Mexico border ports to cattle, bison, and equines imported from Mexico, the Department of Agriculture said July 9 it was immediately closing those ports to livestock trade. The change followed a report of a new case of new world screwworm in Mexico about 370 miles south of the border. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the U.S. “must see additional progress combatting NWS in Veracruz and other nearby Mexican states in order to reopen livestock ports along the southern border” in line with the previous schedule.
Poultry
Effective July 8, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has removed restrictions on imports of poultry and related products originating from or transiting zone PCZ-269 in Saskatchewan, Canada, that had been imposed due to concerns about highly-pathogenic avian influenza. There are currently only three restricted zones in Canada.
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