Canada beats U.S. in pork sales to China

After almost completely removing the growth-promoting drug ractopamine from its pigs, Canada is outpacing the U.S. in pork sales to China, where the drug is banned. Canada has only beat out the U.S. in pork sales a handful of times in the last 20 years, says Reuters. “Chinese authorities banned the use of ractopamine in livestock in 2002,”… » Read More

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