Mexico suspends imports of some US pork products over virus

Mexico has suspended imports from the United States of breeding pigs, semen, viscera and animal offal after authorities detected pseudorabies virus

antibodies in some animals, the head of Mexican pork producers group Opormex told Reuters on Thursday.



The suspension affects about 10% of Mexico's total pork-product imports from the United States, but does not include pork meat, which does not pose a transmission risk, Ivan Espinosa said in an interview.



Mexico's National Service for Agri-Food Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica) implemented the measure on May 2, removing sanitary import requirements for those products from all U.S. states from its import platform as a precaution, Espinosa said.



Pork meat, fat, hides and pig hair can still enter Mexico without restrictions because they are not considered a disease-transmission risk, he added.