Mexico Free of Classical Swine Fever

Officials in Mexico say three of their states are free of Classical Swine Fever. With this declaration, Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishery and Food considers the entire country now officially free of this disease, The Government of Mexico says the State Governments of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Tabasco have made efforts to develop and implement sanitary measures for the diagnosis, control, eradication and epidemiology surveillance of Classical Swine Fever.

To reach this goal, epidemiology sampling took place on 100 per cent of all commercial hog farms and a representative sample of the backyard production. The Mexican government says these surveillance activities confirmed the absence of the CSF etiological agent.

At the same time the Government of Mexico has NPPC been working on developing new export markets for Mexican pork products to enhance the profitability of this sector and eventually benefit domestic producers. With this declaration, the GOM hopes to gain greater access to international markets, including the United States, for its pork and pork products.