Smithfield gets into the organ-transplant business

Smithfield Farms, the world’s largest pork producer, is launching a bioscience arm to ramp up company sales of pig parts for medical procedures. The $14-billion subsidiary of China’s WH Group hopes to one day offer pig organs for human transplants. “Smithfield already harvests materials for medical use from the 16 million hogs it slaughters each year,”… » Read More

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