Mexico suspends beef, poultry shipments to US

AP ^ | 04 Sep 2008 | AP

[BGHater]

The government of Mexico has voluntarily suspended shipments of meat and processed poultry to the United States after U.S. officials raised concerns about the quality of Mexican food processing and inspections, an Agriculture Department official said Thursday.

The department's Food Safety and Inspection Service identified systemic problems with sanitation controls and recordkeeping during an annual audit that took place in Mexico between June 24 and July 31.

The voluntary suspension began Aug. 29, said Amanda Eamich, a spokeswoman for the service. About 2 percent of beef and poultry in the U.S. comes from Mexican producers.

"Safety concerns in multiple establishments were not identified by Mexican in-plant inspection personnel, demonstrating that Mexico's system to verify its plants were producing safe food in a clean facility was insufficient," Eamich said.

She said the audit report was not yet completed and would be posted on the agency's Web site within 60 days.

It was not known how long the suspension would last as Mexico takes steps to improve food safety.

Food & Water Watch, a consumer advocacy group, said it had raised concerns with the department in late August about Mexico's exports of meat and poultry.

[ladtx]

Oh man. I was just thinking about eating an old dead mexican chicken this weekend.

[RC2]

What does 2% equate to in pounds?

[tumblindice]

“It was not known how long the suspension would last... “

Just until Monday morning, following `bullfights’ all weekend.

[mewzilla]

The department's Food Safety and Inspection Service identified systemic problems with sanitation controls and recordkeeping during an annual audit that took place in Mexico between June 24 and July 31.

Love to know what that's a euphemism for...

[Pearls Before Swine]

How are their shipments of bottled spring water coming?

[BGHater]

2007 Numbers.

Just Beef alone would be about 61,040,000 pounds of Beef.

[gondramB]

>>The government of Mexico has voluntarily suspended shipments of meat and processed poultry to the United States after U.S. officials raised concerns about the quality of Mexican food processing and inspections, an Agriculture Department official said Thursday.<<

Is this supposed to be a bad thing?

BTW, I stopped eating meat at Mexican restaurants about 10 years ago when I was at one of my customers, a big meat distributors and saw the following sign:

NO MORE DELIVERIES of BEEF RECTUMS to MEXICAN RESTAURANTS - THEY are COMPLAINING ABOUT THE QUALITY

call me superstitious but I've just never felt the same about beef tacos since then unless my wife personally cooks the ground beef

[snarks_when_bored]

Mexico suspends beef, poultry shipments to US

If we're lucky, they'll go for the hat trick...

[rahbert]

Anthony Bourdain will be dissapointed..

[AuntB]

“U.S. officials raised concerns about the quality of Mexican food processing and inspections, an Agriculture Department official said Thursday.”

‘Bout time!

[Incorrigible]

If it’s not the Chinese trying to poison us and our animals, it’s the Mexicans!

[veracious]

Can someone tell me which US companies use Mexican beef poultry or other food?

My family won't be shopping or eating there anymore.

What kind of people eat food and take medicine produced by third rate countries or China (unless they have to)? I wish I could say, not the USA.

Who knows what's in this stuff and why would anyone assume that it's perfectly okay for themselves?

[Old Seadog]

Suspending shipments of their meat and processed poultry is all well and good but I want to know when are they going to suspend shipments of their people.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Another fine New World Order beauty brought to us by El Presidente Jorge doble ve. With Republicans like this, who needs Democrats?

[Old Professer]

About five pennies.

[org.whodat]

How many years did the republican party have to pass a real country of origin label. When will it happen, my guess is never, they don't care if what you eat kills you.

[fanfan]

Listeria?

[fanfan]

Um, does she ground her own beef?

;-)

[fanfan]

ground = grind.