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Honduras: Poultry Industry and CAFTA

President of Cargill Meats Central America speaks of the opportunities and challenges for the sector five years on from CAFTA's implementation.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The region's poultry sector has yet to meet the sanitary requirements imposed by the US and other modifications to farms and poultry processing plants, according to Bruce Burdett, president of Cargill Meats Central America in an interview with Eduardo López García for El Financiero.

Burdett commented that when the meat industry will be ready to export to the US varies by segment. Eggs will probably never be exported owing to the distance. Regarding poultry meet he said that, "we all still need to align our plants and farms with the regulations required by the US but we are now very close to obtaining the relevant permissions".

Source: elfinancierocr.com

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Honduras Central America

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