Mexico begins to lift ban on U.S. meat plants

Mexico took steps to resume imports of U.S. meat on Monday from 21 of 30 plants that had been sanctioned for technical and sanitary issues, a source at the country’s agriculture ministry said.

Mexico suspended shipments from the beef, pork, lamb and poultry plants last Tuesday over sanitary conditions involving packaging, labeling and transportation in what U.S. industry officials said was an unusually large delisting of their plants.