COSTA RICA PIGMEAT SECTOR WELCOMES JAPANESE SWINE FEVER DECLARATION
January 1st, 2014
COSTA Rica’s pork sector has welcomed Japan’s declaration that the central American country is free of Classical Swine Fever (CSF), opening the doors to its pigmeat exporters to tap the lucrative Japanese market. “The pork industry is very important for the country and our goal is for national production to increase and strengthen,” said Doctor Silvia Niño Villamizar, a member of the regulation department of the Animal Products Safety Directorate (DIPOA) for Costa Rica’s National Animal Health Service (SENASA). Costa Rica exported USD1.6 million of ...
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