# Rotting Meat Smell Sparks Protest

> Residents protest Mexico's screwworm plant due to foul odor.
- Title: Rotting Meat Smell Sparks Protest · The Straits Times
- Summary: Residents protest Mexico's screwworm plant due to foul odor. Mexican residents demand removal of a sterile-fly plant causing rotting meat smell in their town.
- Keywords: metapa de dominguez, chiapas, screwworm, sterile-fly plant, mexico, us agriculture, cattle trade, news, world, Rotting, Meat, Smell
- Source: The Straits Times — https://straitstimes.com/world/rotting-meat-smell-sparks-protest-at-mexicos-screwworm-sterile-fly-plant
- Published: 2026-10-15T22:41:09+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: metapa de dominguez, chiapas, screwworm, sterile-fly plant, mexico, us agriculture, cattle trade, news, world
## Residents protest
Residents in Metapa de Dominguez compared the odor to rotting meat and spoiled food, causing nausea and disrupting schools.

> pungent in your nose and mouth
## Plant inaugurated
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins inaugurated the facility on June 27, 2026.
## US investment
The US Department of Agriculture invested $21 million toward the $51 million facility to halt a screwworm outbreak disrupting cross-border cattle trade.
## Residents demand relocation
Residents want the plant relocated due to overpowering odor affecting schools and causing health concerns for children and elderly.
## Key takeaway

Mexican residents demand removal of a sterile-fly plant causing rotting meat smell in their town.