Paladini is the first company allowed to export pork to China

Paladini became the first company in the country authorized by the National Food Safety and Quality Service (Senasa) to export pork to China. In early August, the local refrigerator will deliver 200 tons to this destination.

This was confirmed yesterday by the secretary of the government of the agribusiness of the nation, Luis Miguel Etchevehere, who handed Paladini executives the certificate of authorization of Senasa and visited the facilities of the company. factory where the first order had been prepared. Asian country

In this way, the company consolidates the process of internationalization that it has undertaken by exporting value-added products to markets such as Russia, Hong Kong and Latin America. "The first shipment will make 200 tons and although it is a small expedition, our policy has always been to go slow and accompany the processes with quality," said Juan Carlos Paladini Concina, chairman of the board. Administration of the Rosario company.

"It's a big step and challenge for our 96-year-old society as we are the only ones in the country that can guarantee the traceability of the animal we are going to send, grains that consume the 12,000 mothers we have to the consumer "added the executive.

He also pointed out that the factory located at Villa Gobernador Gálvez "has been preparing for years, is one of the most modern in Latin America, equipped with the most modern equipment and d & # 39; A "mutated staff", to adapt to new production cycles. In addition, the manager stated that, initially, the shipment would be made at half-resolution, but that he was badyzing the manufacture of other parts by cuts and that he was studying the means of packaging to condition these products. shipments.

Etchevehere explained that with this first expedition, the agreement reached by the national government with the Chinese authorities for the entry of pork, last May, in a context in which the Asian country is hacked by the crisis of African swine fever is finalized. . "If we act properly, we will have a market for the next 100 years, because it is a huge market that today has to import nearly 2 million tonnes of meat," she said. he declared.