The Organization of Mexican Pig Farmers (Opormex) welcomed the closure of the Mexican border since last Friday to Spanish pork products before a swine fever outbreak detected in Africa and that region.
In this regard, Sader reported that in the first nine months of 2025, 1,65 shipments with a risk of pests and diseases were rejected and specified that he decided to close the passage to Spanish pork products, given the detection of positive cases to the African swine fever virus in Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona on November 28.
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The decision of Agriculture, through Senasica, has the purpose of avoiding animal health risks to national pork production, so Pork, products and by-products such as hams or sausages, matured products, and pork offal cannot be entered. for human consumption or raw materials for the production of pet food from Spain.
According to Opormex, from January to October 2025, Mexico has imported 1,689 tons of pork products from Spain, which represents only 0.06% of total pork imports.
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