David Castro, President of the Mexican Association of Poultry Producers, is urging negotiators in his Nation and in the U.S. to come to an agreement on importation of GMO corn that will be restricted for inclusion only in animal feed.
The U.S. has filed a complaint with USMCA requesting a dispute settlement panel claiming that the proposed ban is capricious and lacks scientific merit. The U.S. has been joined by Canada in the dispute as a third party.
According to the Poultry Producers Association, the producers in Mexico consume 13.5 million tons of GM corn annually, representing 80 percent of imports with the U.S shipping product to the value of $5 billion.
The Association points to the extensive production and consumption of GM corn that has not been associated with any deleterious effect for over three decades.