WASHINGTON – The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has urged the U.S. government to make risk assessments for classical swine fever in Mexico a top priority.
Mexican officials in Washington have reportedly raised concerns about reciprocal market access to the U.S. pork market because some Mexican states have yet to be declared disease-free by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Mexican government has said the states are free of classical swine fever, or hog cholera, a highly contagious viral disease of pigs.