Colombia returned to the ranks of "foot-and-mouth disease-free countries" in 2020, driven by vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease. Under the cooperation of the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) and the Animal Husbandry Department, recently, ICA issued an announcement announcing that the GACC and the MARA have canceled the restrictions on Colombian beef and import restrictions on pork.

The official website of ICA reported on February 16 that the export procedure of Colombian beef and pork to China began in 2010. Since then, ICA has begun to study the relevant requirements of GACC. Under the continuous information exchange between the health departments of the two countries, the export procedures of Colombian beef and pork to China have been continuously advanced. In 2017, ICA and the Colombia Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos (INVIMA) reached an agreement with GACC to allow the Chinese side to visit Colombia to verify the quarantine procedures of beef and review the health and safety conditions of processing plants.

Due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Colombia in 2017 and 2018, GACC decided to suspend relevant trade procedures and imposed sanitary restrictions on Colombian meat. The ICA is also immediately developing strategies and implementing measures to restore sanitary conditions in the country and reduce the risk of re-emergence of FMD in the country.

During 2022, ICA and GACC held a meeting to review the technical status of Colombia's official epidemiological surveillance, assessment, tracking and control system, and ICA also committed to continue to advance related technologies. Under the coordination of various parties, Colombia finally received the announcement to lift the meat restriction.

ICA pledged that, as the health authority, it would continue to introduce measures that help maintain the health of livestock and avoid any impact on livestock in the country, such as setting up control stations, applying epidemiological sensors, timely detection of potential disease risks, and conducting health education activities, etc. .