September 16, 2003

Mexico Cancels Ban On Imports Of US Poultry
 

Mexico has announced the cancellation of the ban on all imports of U.S. poultry products from Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado and New Mexico due to an Exotic Newcastle Disease outbreak, according to information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service web site, dated Sept. 10 and released Monday.

Livestock, Rural Development, Fishery and Food (SAGARPA) published in the Mexican Diario Oficial (Federal Register) on Sept. 9, 2003 the cancellation of the announcement that banned all imports of U.S. poultry products from Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado and New Mexico due to an Exotic Newcastle Disease outbreak. The announcement indicates that the epidemiological activities to control the Exotic Newcastle Disease outbreak, carried out by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS/USDA), were successful. Consequently, the absence of the Newcastle virus and incidences of this illness in the states of Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado and New Mexico was determined and verified in situ by Mexican officials from Jan. 26 through Feb. 1, 2003.