Mexico's government, through the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), established an Organic Compliance Committee, as a preamble to the signing of an equivalence agreement for organic products.
The head of the National Service of Health, Food Safety and Quality (SENASICA), Enrique Sanchez Cruz, and the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Elanor Starmer, signed the terms of reference for the operation of the aforementioned Committee, as part of the negotiations to achieve the equivalence of organic production between Mexico and the United States.
Expectations are that, in 2017, the holder of SAGARPA, José Calzada, and his counterpart in the USDA sign an Organic Equivalency Agreement, which will optimize the safe trade of these kind of foods between both countries.
The agreement will increase the levels of cooperation and exchange of information, which should increase consumer confidence in organic products and increase the domestic supply of these goods to the benefit of both nations.
Source: cdnoticias.com.mx