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Chinas Slaughter Capabilities in a State of Flux

2013-04-19 20:30:00| National Hog Farmer

By Michael Pareles, Trade Manager, U.S. Meat Export Federation-Beijing Last months press reports of thousands of dead hogs floating in one of Shanghais municipal water sources garnered extensive media coverage both in and outside China. Although test results released by Chinas Ministry of Agriculture discounted a number of rumors about causes of the mass mortality ranging from arsenic-based growth enhancers to more common swine diseases officials have yet to provide a definitive post-mortem diagnosis. Even more unsettling are rumors of a market in which small abattoirs and processing rooms specifically seek out for a discount compared to healthy market hogs diseased or dead livestock. read more

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