{"topic_id":"MX_pet_food_SENASICA_framework","category":"mexico","context":"Mexico's pet food oversight framework per USDA GAIN FAIRS Country Report MX2025-0049 (December 2025): the governing structure runs through SADER (Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural — the ministry created in the 2019 reorganization of the former SAGARPA) and its National Service for Health, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA). Under the Federal Animal Health Law, SADER oversees pet and animal feed, regulates feed additives and pharmaceuticals used in livestock production, and determines their maximum residue levels (MRLs); the law also covers GMPs for establishments producing chemical, pharmaceutical or biological compounds for use in animals or feed. SENASICA implements and enforces import regulations (Title Three, Chapter II of the law): specific import requirements for live animals, animal products and by-products are issued as zoosanitary requirement sheets (Hojas de Requisitos Zoosanitarios, HRZ) consultable in SENASICA's online module, and SENASICA officials carry out inspection at ports of entry and at approved private verification points. Labeling of prepackaged products runs through NOM-051-SCFI-2010 (PROFECO/COFEPRIS, human-food scope; Spanish mandatory). The FAIRS report does not contain a pet-food-specific nutrient or adequacy standard — earlier citations of \"NOM-001-SAG/GAN-2014\", \"NOM-086\" or \"NOM-251\" for pet food are not supported by the source — nor market-size figures (the \"USD 3.2B / 26% of Latin American production\" numbers are unsourced), nor pet-food tariff treatment under USMCA.\n","sources":["generated from .md only"],"tokens_estimated":161,"generated_at":"2026-07-16","tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}