APHIS Proposes to Effectively Qualify All Mexican Pork as Free of Swine Fever, Remove Trade Barrier

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to end a ban on importation of fresh pork and pork products for classical swine fever (CSF) reasons from most of Mexico, after finding the entire country to be essentially free of the illness. APHIS already recognizes nine Mexican states as free of CSF: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora and Yucatan. Under the proposal, fresh pork and pork products would be eligible for importation from every Mexican state, and APHIS would add the entire country of Mexico to its Web list of regions considered to be free of CSF but from which live pork, swine and pork products can be imported to the U.S. under conditions specified in 9 CFR 94.32. Comments are due Oct. 7.