Mexico meat sector decries new livestock movement rules, ivermectin requirement to battle screwworm

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's meat industry is pushing back against new government regulations on livestock movement as tensions with the United States heat up over an outbreak of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite. Restricting movement of livestock from the south to the north of the country "threatens the viability of a sector that generated $192 billion in 2024," Mexican meat chamber AMEG said in a statement released on Friday. "Recent measures... jeopardize the supply chain of the meat production sector," AMEG said without specifying which measures.