7/7/12
Mexico City, July 7 (EFE) Mexico's government plans to import the amount of up to 211 thousand tons of eggs to face a potential crisis in prices against the backdrop of the spread of bird flu virus west of the country, as announced by Minister of Economy Bruno Ferrari.
The Ferrari during a press conference that his ministry began its moves to increase the amount imported from countries that are not between them and Mexico free trade agreements, describing those countries as offering prices "very competitive" for the sale of eggs.
He added that he can do so at this time to provide 211 thousand tonnes, "the consumption of eggs in all parts of the country for a month."
The Mexican government had done earlier this month an emergency plan to prevent the transmission and control of avian influenza virus that caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of birds.
The plan provides for the establishment of quarries and collecting healthy birds and products, as well as other species could represent a threat to breeding birds.
The plan also includes to avoid spread of the disease and the isolation and slaughter of infected birds, influenza A virus (H7N3).
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