Paraguayan Beef Reopens US Market After 25 Years: Quality Standards Must Be Maintained

With the United States authorized to reopen its market to Paraguayan beef, after 25 years of waiting, the meat processing industries must maintain a rigorous quality standard, since this market will require stricter controls, especially in microbiological aspects.

This is what Víctor Medina, director of the certification firm Control Unión, pointed out regarding the challenges that the country will face from now on after this achievement considered iconic, due to the scope it will have not only in providing beef to Americans, but also in the possibility of reaching more markets. “From now on, the local industry must rigorously maintain its quality standards, focusing especially on product health care, since the United States will require stricter controls,” he mentioned.

He alleged that the sector will experience increases in quality control processes, which will focus on various aspects such as the microbiological area, although this type of analysis is already being carried out, there will be an increase in the quantity of the same, he said. .

The professional commented that the highlight of being part of highly prestigious markets is that it represents an opportunity to access more destinations that in some way support the authorization of the United States for the entry, in this case, of local red protein into the different markets. Thus, exports to the US market, in which the first loads are expected to be shipped starting December 15, generate a before and after for Paraguay, as it will accentuate the shipment of an interesting volume that is different from what is usual and will allow the entire chain to continue its expansion.

Medina highlighted that with this achievement, Paraguayan meat not only enters a strategic market, but also consolidates itself as a benchmark of quality and competitiveness, which motivates them to continue working tirelessly to maintain and surpass the standards that already allowed access. to markets of great importance.

US Senators Mike Rounds and Jon Tester, Republican and Democrat, respectively, presented a bill that seeks to temporarily suspend the export of Paraguayan meat to the United States. They alleged that the standard proposed by Montana ranchers was not met, when the Department of Agriculture of the North American country (USDA) is one of the strictest in the world and the filters for opening the market are various and rigorously controlled.

The Paraguayan Government is working closely with the National Chancellery in the United States to do everything in its power to prevent this project from moving forward. This was confirmed by the Vice Minister of Economic Relations and Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Patricia Frutos. “The project follows a study process, it may be that the law dies. Negotiations will be made with the congressmen and members of the committees,” Vice Minister Frutos told 730 AM and reinforced that “all necessary arrangements will be made.”

2023-12-14 23:02:07
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