Since March of this year to date, Chiapas has experienced a shortage in pork production, which, together with the prohibition of the entry of this cattle into the state, has caused a considerable increase, up to 140 pesos per kg of fresh meat sold in the markets, mainly affecting the pockets of consumers.
In this regard, the importer and distributor of pigs in the Soconusco region, Jorge Ortiz Arévalo, announced that the shortage of pork is presumably due to the increase in demand in the center of the Mexican Republic and abroad.
“When the state and Mexico City demand more product, the states must cover the demand, but in Chiapas we have a very peculiar problem, since the state government does not allow the entry of pigs from other states, due to the alleged prevalence of Porcine Diarrhea and therefore there is a shortage.”
And he pointed out a contradiction that calls into question the decision of the authorities, since producing companies such as Carroll from Veracruz and Puebla, as well as Kekén from Yucatán, comply with all the regulations to be able to export to Japan and the United States, but strangely the state of Chiapas maintains this strict sanitary fence, “which encourages monopoly in the state.”
In this sense, they reiterated the call to the government of Chiapas to review its disposition and the possibility of eliminating the quarantine, this with the purpose of allowing the entry of pigs from other states, with which they would not suffer from shortages of products and therefore level prices in favor of consumers.
Source: nvinoticiaschiapas
