Overview

• Chile enacted SAG resolution 5952/2025 to revoke Patagonia’s no-vaccination disease-free status and bar all bone-in meat and live animal imports from the region
• China’s Ministry of Commerce postponed its safeguard ruling on Argentine beef until November, granting exporters greater clarity over potential sanctions
• Chile has scheduled a sanitary inspection of Argentine Patagonia for September to reassess compliance with foot-and-mouth disease controls
• Argentina says it consulted with Chile and the EU before updating its sanitary zones, with the EU reserving the right to audit Senasa’s new protocols
• Argentine exporters describe Chile’s ban as a temporary precaution pending the outcome of the upcoming sanitary evaluation