Canada opens its market to Paraguayan beef, and Peña celebrates official authorization for export - .::Agencia IP::.

Paraguay has achieved the opening of the Canadian market for exporting its meat products. Nine meatpacking plants are officially authorized to send Paraguayan beef.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- Paraguay has achieved the opening of the Canadian market for exporting its meat products. Nine meatpacking plants are officially authorized to send Paraguayan beef.

President Santiago Peña celebrated through his social media, stating, «Paraguay reaches Canada with the best meat in the world! We are pleased to announce that after a demanding market opening process and extensive work to achieve an agreement for sanitary certification, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has granted authorization to import beef from Paraguay. Congratulations to all institutions and sectors for this important achievement,» he said.

Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Carlos Giménez also applauded this new opportunity in the foreign market. In addition to celebrating this «government victory,» he congratulated and thanked the technicians, authorized meatpacking plants, and producers for maintaining the sanitary status.

«This is another victory for the Government in a work that we must congratulate the technicians of the official sanitary service of the Republic of Paraguay (Senacsa), headed by its president José Carlos Martin, to the meat industry and producers who make it possible to have a sanitary status that gives us this opportunity to conquer more markets,» said the minister during the press conference.