Minerva’s president: “The risk of removing vaccination is greater than the benefits”

During Expo Prado, Minerva Foods’ global president, Fernando Galletti de Queiroz, was categorical in an interview with Valor Agro when referring to the discussion on the future of foot-and-mouth disease vaccination, a debate currently taking place in Paraguay and other countries in the region, where Brazil has advanced by changing its status.

“It is a strong discussion in Paraguay and the rest of the countries, but it is a risk that is not worth taking. We are not Switzerland, we have Bolivia on the border and the risks of removing vaccination far outweigh the benefits,” he said.

The president of Minerva, which has the highest percentage of cattle slaughter in Paraguay, argued that the expectation of better access to international markets does not justify a decision that could jeopardize the region’s sanitary status. “The risk is not worth the expected access, because it will not come to the extent that people believe,” he warned.