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2025-04-27 Caribbean-Latin America

USDA threatens Mexico's beef imports over fear of flesh-eating parasite spreading northward: report

[NY Post] The US Department of Agriculture reportedly warned Mexico it will cease all live animal imports unless the country enforces stronger measures to stop a flesh-eating parasite from spreading northward.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins issued a scathing letter to her Mexican counterpart Saturday threatening to block the importation of live cattle, bison and horses if the government fails to combat the spread of New World screwworm by April 30, Fox News reported.

“We are now at a critical inflection point in our shared campaign against this pest, and I am very concerned about our collaboration,” the letter, obtained by Fox, said.

“The outbreak in southern Mexico continues to expand, and every day that passes without full deployment of sterile insect technique (SIT) operations represents a lost opportunity to contain this pest and prevent its spread beyond the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.”

The screwworm primarily targets the periphery of fresh wounds in warm-blooded animals — as well as birds, deer and humans — where it deposits hundreds of eggs that hatch into flesh-eating maggots, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ewwwwwww

Posted by Frank G 2025-04-27 05:43|| || Front Page|| [159 views ] Top

#1 Why would you eat food from a country where they think it's okay to dump raw sewage into the ocean?

Posted by Guillibaldo Sproing8656 2025-04-27 12:06|| 2025-04-27 12:06|| Front Page Top

#2
Sometimes I wonder if there is a VEGAN agenda behind all these sudden viral outbreaks regarding eatable meats.

It's been 1 thing after another since Clinton, Obama & Biden.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-04-27 16:40|| 2025-04-27 16:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Gee, not more fear pörn from the US authorities; namely, the Pfizer-Trump administration which would just love to pump drugs and vaccines into your food.

Posted by DooDahMan 2025-04-27 17:09|| 2025-04-27 17:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Outbreaks of screwworm are usually treated with the release of sterile male flies…wounds are treated with a topical spray…..don’t think vaccines would be used in this case.

Posted by Threper Protector of the French3795 2025-04-27 21:59|| 2025-04-27 21:59|| Front Page Top

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