Mexico agrees to resume pork shipments from Smithfield plant in the US

Mexico has allowed North Carolina-based Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pig farm, to resume supplying pork to its market after a ban was imposed two months ago.

Reuters reports that the supply blockage was due to product quality issues.

Smithfield's plant in North Carolina can once again export pork produced on or after August 6 to Mexico, according to an Aug. 9 USDA notice . Meat produced between June 16 and August 5 cannot be sent to the Mexican market.

Mexico stopped taking deliveries from the plant on June 16 over concerns about the quality of the company's pork products, hitting the U.S. pig sector.

Smithfield, owned by the Hong Kong-based WH Group, said the issue was not related to Smithfield or its operations, but was caused by an outside company.

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