Tag: SENASA

• Monday, May 26th 2014 - 21:15 UTC

  Shrimp saves the day for Argentine seafood exports in first four months

  

  Argentina seafood exports totaled 116,738 tons during the first four months of the year, which shows an increase of 2.9% over the same 2013 period in 2013, when 113,419 tons were shipped abroad. Strong shrimp exports helped offset lower volumes of fish.

• Friday, March 28th 2014 - 19:36 UTC

  EU sanitary delegation to inspect Argentina's fishing industry whole cycle

  

  Delegates from the European Union (EU) are to visit Argentina between September and December later this year to inspect the facilities that comprise the whole fishing production circuit: docks, boats, processing plants authorized to export to EU and offices of the National Service of Agri-food health and quality, (Senasa).

• Sunday, January 26th 2014 - 11:56 UTC

  Argentine squid exports increased 84% last year compared to 2012

  

  Argentina fisheries exports reached 441,255 tons in 2013, up 19.6% over the previous year when 368,915 tons were shipped abroad. Among the items with outstanding performance figures squid with over 100.000 tons and 84% higher than in 2012, according to the official stats from Argentina's Senasa, National Health and Food Quality Service.

• Monday, October 28th 2013 - 05:30 UTC

  Argentina's nine month squid exports reach 91.277 tons, up 43.7% over 2012

  

  Argentina exported 329,751 tons of seafood in the nine months of 2013 to September, a figure which shows an increase of 14.9% compared to the same period in 2012, when 286.899 tons were shipped abroad.

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 02:20 UTC

  Freezing frosts kill 4.000 cattle in landlocked Paraguay

  

  Freezing cold temperature from heavy frosts are estimated to have killed at least 4.000 head of cattle in landlocked Paraguay, according to the primary reports from the country’s National Animal Quality and Health service, Senasa.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 22:01 UTC

  Argentine fish and shellfish exports totalled 142.405 tons in five months

  

  Argentina exported 142.405 tons of fish and shellfish valued at 423 million dollars in the first five months of 2012, according to official statistics from the National Health Service and Food Quality, Senasa.

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:41 UTC

  Argentine fish exports stable at 365.372 tons during first ten months of 2011

  

  Argentina exported 365.372 tons of fish and shellfish valued at 1.16 billion dollars in the first ten months of 2011, according to statistics from the National Health Service and Food Quality, Senasa. Hake, shrimp and squid were the three main items in that order.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 22:18 UTC

  Paraguayan FMD outbreak in September was caused by “human negligence”

  

  Paraguay’s Livestock Service has confirmed that negligence in the handling of foot and mouth disease vaccines was the cause for the September FMD outbreak that forced the country to cease exports. The announcement discards doubts about the quality of the vaccines.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2011 - 23:07 UTC

  Argentina leads in horse meat exports: 23.880 tons in 2010

  

  In spite of its love for horses, Argentina is the world’s leading exporter of horse meat having shipped 23.880 tons in 2010, valued 75 million US dollars according to the country’s Animal health and Agro-food quality service, SENASA.

• Saturday, May 8th 2010 - 06:26 UTC

  Viral Equine Arteritis Outbreak in the Province of Buenos Aires

  

  SENASA, Argentina’s National Food Safety and Quality Service, issued a statement suspending all transportation of horses in the Buenos Aires province for two weeks due to an outbreak of Viral Equine Arteritis.