Growth of Chinese Swine Industry

[Missouriwatcher]

The U.S. soy industry, represented by the American Soybean Association, the U.S. Soybean Export Council, and the United Soybean Board, recently used USDA Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program funding to provide valuable technical training to the Chinese swine sector. The gradual shift of Chinese swine production from traditional backyard farming towards more commercial-scale production has increased consumption of commercial feed, particularly soybean meal.

China remains the world?s largest market for U.S. soybeans, importing a record 24 million tons, valued at $12.1 billion, in fiscal year 2011. U.S. soybean exports to China have increased in each of the past five years and this growth can be linked to expansion in the crushing sector, where imported soybeans are processed into oil for food and meal for animal feed. According to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, there has been significant growth in the number of hog farms with annual output of 500 head or more. This trend is expected to continue, presenting even more growth opportunities for U.S. soybeans in that market. Pork accounts for nearly three-fourths of Chinese meat production.

To capitalize on these opportunities, the U.S. soy industry provided technical assistance throughout 2011 to representatives from Chinese swine farms, feed mills, animal health companies, and crushing plants. The U.S. soy industry conducted more than 40 seminars and 30 one-on-one farm consultations, as well as sponsoring feeding trials using soy products and bringing a Chinese study team to the United States.

Through these efforts, members of China?s swine industry learned about modern hog raising techniques, advanced nutrition concepts, genetics and breeding improvement, and disease prevention and control...
http://blogs.usda.gov/2011/12/08/gr...-industry-contributes-to-u-s-soybean-exports/

March 2011: The Guardian reported that Chinese pig farmers had been feeding pigs additives ractopamine and/or clenbuterol in order to produce lean meat; these additives being poisonous to humans.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/17/china-pig-farmers-arrested

Nature article preview (May 2011): Long-term evolution and transmission dynamics of swine influenza A virus (Hong Kong data)
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v473/n7348/full/nature10004.html

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Growth of Chinese Swine Industry

Evidently pig farmers are using "rancid" water containing many chemicals to make a low cost feed for their swine. The article starts that in Guangdong province the rate of rancid water use as a food base for pigs is 98%.


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Thousands of head rancid water PRD market pig sales
2011-12-15 01:28 Wang reported [Correspondent Song Ding instrument / roundup]

　▲ mainland media reports, thousands of first feeding may be harmful to the nasty pig off the water into the Pearl River Delta cities. The picture shows part of the Chongqing police seized rancid water and oil. (CNS)

　Pearl River Delta region broke a lot of unlicensed rancid water pigs households, harm to human health worrying! According to the "Nanfang Daily" survey reported that rancid water breeding pigs generally distributed in the South China Sea, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Dongguan and the Pearl River Delta cities such as peri-urban areas, breeding pigs by feeding rancid water, rancid water, benzene, phosphorus, lead and easy to residual body heavy metals, nitrite and other harmful substances left in the pork food chain, will indirectly harm on human body.

　Pig farms pigs undocumented rancid water

　"Nanfang Daily" reported that the investigation revealed that the Pearl River Delta region rancid water pig is one of the main undocumented farms, a large number of stupid water to enter the market pork through various channels, quietly sent to the consumer 's table.

　According to one industry source, rancid water, farmers generally located in Nanhai, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Dongguan and the Pearl River Delta cities, suburbs, etc., these farmers every household with a pot of rancid boil water, some farmers raised 20, 30 head, but also The user support 100 long, usually one year can be a pig slaughter pigs nearly two batches of thousands of pigs.

　A talk of the town, said pig farmers, pig farmers in many urban areas around the outside of the suburbs , and some moved to Foshan, even to Zhongshan, Qingyuan and other distant places, because "more mobile population in Guangdong, restaurants and more rancid water and more, so not too far from the city. "

　On the continent in Lishui Town, Nanhai, Guangdong village pig, pigs have been just like rancid water into the norm, where more than 40 pig farmers who rely on rancid water pigs to reduce costs. Responsible for the rancid water transport workers said, rancid water than feed cheaper more, if fed rancid water, half a year to slaughter every pig breeding costs less than 1000 yuan RMB, with prices climbing higher and higher pork prices this year, you can expand the middle spread, reap huge profits.

　According to the survey, the rancid water pig farmers receive from the city every day to rancid water Houjiarumai bran, corn meal, sometimes adding water lettuce and other mixed interpretation of short grass, and then open the pot boil, Lao Li said, "sour water is very nutritious, eating rancid water pigs, pork and more meat."

　Table experts are worried about this phenomenon, president of South China Agricultural University, Animal Science, Animal nutritionists FENG Ding-yuan pointed out that the single source of clear, oily health, fresh sour water can indeed replace the pig feed, but these are not the nasty regular hogwash water of unknown origin, there are security risks.

Rancid water may contain benzene, phosphorus, lead and heavy metals and other substances. Although some pig farmers in feeding rancid water before boiling, but Feng Ding-yuan said that even after high temperature treatment, still can not rule out the rancid water may contain antioxidants and other non-biological harmful residues.

　Vice president of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Shou-all is that corruption rancid water after eating can lead to disease and even death. Pig farm in the village of continents, at least five pig farmers reflect column feeding swine, and trotters rotten, all stand up.

　Not worry about the low sales price

　Despite the security risk, but these stupid pigs and more water is from Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan and other places of Zhu Fanzi bought, although the low price point, but need not worry about sales.

　The problem is rancid water management in Guangdong still not unified management, which, following Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Ningbo, Suzhou and other cities in mainland China issued 33 management practices related to food waste, Guangzhou City has also introduced "Guangzhou food waste treatment management approach" to further protect the food safety issues.

　Guangdong Province, a pig breeding management official said, the general large-scale pig farms in Guangdong are generally fairly standard, not just use the rancid water-oil feeding, usually in the supervision of certified pork damage detection in large-scale pig farms reached a rate of 98% or more.

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[sharon sanders]

Re: Growth of Chinese Swine Industry

Officials in Shanghai are worried. 70% of pork is imported from other parts of China, mostly Henan province.

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70% of pork imported by Shanghai also tension

2011-12-15 01:28 Wang reported Commissioner Song Ding instrument [/ report] Shanghai
　The outbreak of swine PRD rancid water problem, 70% of pork in Shanghai has entered the field by tension. Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, the Municipal Food and Drug Administration party secretary, deputy director Wang Longxing, said in Shanghai pork farms supply mainly based in Henan, Henan, illegal cultivation of this year a total of 113 persons were sentenced, the passing rate of pork in Shanghai from 89% improved significantly to 98% or more.

　At present, Shanghai pig slaughterhouse 15, the number of daily slaughter of about 10,000, accounting for the Shanghai market sales of meat per day 1 / 3, while the origin of pigs in Shanghai about 30% of sales, the ratio of the field in Shanghai about 70%, which mainly supply-oriented farmers in Henan.

　Wang Longxing said that Shanghai food safety in general is controlled, safe, but more needs to track the source of meat safety, he said, Henan Province arrested 113 people this year, illegal cultivation of pork lean, these suspects are convicted of felony, strictly control the source of pork, the pork in Shanghai pass rate has improved significantly.

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　The waste oil is widely concerned issue, Wang Longxing that he did not rule out the existence of around Shanghai there are still some waste oil problem. Wang Longxing said, compared to European and American restaurants, Shanghai restaurant industry wide, large, small restaurants and more, the frequency of inspections should be even higher, efforts should be strengthened.

　Wang Longxing said, Shanghai has received seven years ago, people have reported the phenomenon of illegal waste oil collection. His analysis of these unknown oil into three categories: First, remove from the gutter to the oil; the second is food out of the rancid water, the three big companies pour out the old oil.

　He said that the Shanghai years ago they adopted a waste oil recycling, but there are still areas of Shanghai edge of the waste oil problem explicitly next year, Shanghai has restaurants all have to be oil-water separator, and now most have been closed out, but we do not there may be missing.

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