USDA Again Closes Southern Ports To Livestock Shipments From Mexico

USDA announced last night it is again closing southern ports of entry to shipments of cattle due to the detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in Veracruz, MX. USDA discovered this new case in northern Veracruz, indicating the pest has traveled 160 miles north of the location where sterile flies currently are being dropped. This puts the screwworm about 370 miles south of the U.S. border.

“The United States has promised to be vigilant—and after detecting this new NWS case, we are pausing the planned port reopening’s to further quarantine and target this deadly pest in Mexico.