BOGOTA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Colombia will look to double its meat exports now it has regained its
BOGOTA, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Colombia will look to double its
meat exports now it has regained its standing as a rustic freed from
foot and mouth illness, President Ivan Duque stated on Thursday.
Foot and mouth is a extremely contagious viral illness present in
animals and is among the most critical to have an effect on livestock,
together with cattle, sheep and pigs.
The World Group for Animal Well being (OIE), which
suspended the Andean nation’s foot and mouth-free standing in
August 2018, stated on its web site that Colombia had fulfilled the
necessities to be re-declared freed from the illness.
“We have now waited months for this information,” Duque instructed reporters.
“Now we wish to open markets for Colombian meat… our objective is
to double our meat exports within the coming years.”
Colombia is classed by the OIE as a rustic the place
vaccination for the illness is practiced.
(Reporting by Oliver Griffin; Enhancing by Dan Grebler)
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