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This was stated during the 41st Meeting of Commissioners of the CPA, led by the chief director of the National Service of Health, Safety and Food Quality (Senasica), Javier Calderón Elizalde, and the administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (APHIS), Michael Watson.
At the meeting, the head of Senasica emphasized that Mexico and the U.S. have integrated as a solid sanitary and commercial region with common objectives in animal health issues.
He recalled that the CPA originated as an instrument of cooperation between the two countries to eradicate foot and mouth disease, and 75 years after its creation, it has contributed to eradicating, preventing, and controlling diseases that affect the production of animal products in the region and to confront others that also represent a risk, such as highly pathogenic avian influenza.
The CPA is also the body for surveillance and attention to sanitary emergencies and has become a center for international cooperation, which has bolstered economic development in the North American region. This binational collaboration has been key in the protection of borders to prevent the entry of pests and diseases into the region and has generated a safe commercial exchange.
At the beginning of the second half of 2024, the collaboration agreement that created the CPA will be updated, which will take up the progress made over more than seven decades and will be updated to strengthen timely and immediate attention to future health challenges.
In 2023, CPA staff made more than 15,000 visits to contact points throughout the country, attended more than 1,000 notifications of suspected diseases, and organized 141 training events, mainly for the detection of exotic diseases.
February 2, 2024/ Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/ Mexico.
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