Is Mexico Protecting Health Or Practicing Protectionism?
This morning we were greeted by an announcement that Mexico had banned the import of U.S. lettuce:In a press statement, the Health Department also said the government had ordered stores to remove U.S. lettuce from their shelves, and urged Mexicans not to consume the imported product, which is often sold here in bag, box and mixed presentations. The department gave no information on when the temporary ban might be lifted, or why it covered all U.S. lettuce, rather than just the California grower involved in the recall. Not one single head of lettuce is going to enter the country from this moment on … no type of lettuce from the United States, said Luis Alfonso Caso, Mexicos commissioner of health promotion.At least from a public safety standpoint, to ban all U.S. lettuce imports made no sense. As we dealt with the subject here, one grower had a small lot of green leaf lettuce that was voluntarily recalled because, maybe, there might have been a problem.We searched for more answers. Pu
