APHIS Determines All Mexican Pork Free of Swine Fever

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is finalizing a decision to end a ban on importation of fresh pork and pork products from most of Mexico to prevent the spread of classical swine fever (CSF), after finding the entire country to be essentially free of the illness. APHIS had already recognized nine Mexican states as free of CSF: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora and Yucatan. Now, fresh pork and pork products will be eligible for importation from every Mexican state, and APHIS is adding 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.