In a meeting held in Buenos Aires in early August, the National Health Service and Food Quality (Senasa) of Argentina and the Health, Safety and Food Quality (SENASA) of Mexico agreed to change the work plans for the export of pears and apples from Argentina to the Aztec nation.
During their stay in Argentina, the delegation of the General Directorate of Plant Protection of Senasica discussed with their peers from Senasa different proposals and modifications to the two existing work plans for the export of apples and pears from Argentina to Mexico.
Both plans, a systems approach (ES) and a Quarantine Cold Treatment in Source (TFO), develop the procedures and criteria that need to be implemented to standardize the application of phytosanitary measures and certification to prevent the introduction of quarantine pests to Mexico and facilitate the trade of those products.
The Mexican delegation was receptive to carry out the changes, which will allow lowering the risks, costs, and delays in exports to Mexico by treating the fruit at source, by incorporating the annexes proposed by the Senasa to the work plans.
During the visit, officials of Senasa and Senasica got together at the headquarters of the Senasa with representatives of the export sector to discuss the close of this export season. They also visited potential centers of quarantine cold treatment in origin and transfer sites in the jurisdiction of the Northern Patagonia and Metropolitan regional centers of the health agency.
Source: infocampo.com.ar