Chile’s Agriculture Ministry has said it has suspended imports of meat from two Argentine provinces that border Paraguay, which has been hit by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
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Health officials recently reported outbreaks of the disease in Paraguay and Bolivia, sparking widespread concern over a possible repeat of the 2001 epidemic in the region.
The ban on meat from Salta and Formosa provinces came after a meeting between agriculture officials from seven South American countries, in which a massive vaccination campaign was called for, reported Reuters.
Chile, the only South American country to be certified FMD-free by the World Organisation for Animal Health, has also introduced new sanitary controls at its border with Bolivia.
Chile’s farm service said Argentine authorities would now need to certify that meat exported to Chile does not include slaughtered meat from Salta or Formosa, reported Agence France Presse.
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