Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture announced import restrictions on food from South Korea and the United States
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Last Update: 2002-09-24
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Lead: Xinhua, Mexico City, September 22 (reporter Ye Shuhong) Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture announced Tuesday that it would restrict the import of food from South Korea and strengthen the monitoring of food imported from the United States to prevent foot-and-mouth disease and avian influenza virus from entering Mexico Mexican authorities decided to take the measures, according to an official from the Ministry of agriculture, because the foot-and-mouth disease is spreading in South Korea and a poultry flu virus has been found in southern states of the United States Javier usaviaga, Mexico's agriculture minister, pointed out that since this year, Mexico's Ministry of agriculture has conducted more than 400000 hygiene spot checks on imported food to prevent all kinds of viruses and pests from entering the country through this channel.
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