Many European countries have turned to directly selling pigs to China, which is depleting pork in their own countries. The US and Brazil are changing directions to meet the demands of both China and Europe. It is because of this great deficit of pork that the Chinese demand has increased. Also, due to the ban on ractopamine in China, US companies are not using it so they can sell their product to fill demand.
Producers and packing companies in the US are banning ractopamine
• Seaboard Foods
Seaboard has been ractopamine-free for many years and were the first large US producer to do so.
• Smithfield Foods
In 2018 Smithfield Foods also stopped ractopamine use from their finishing barns. This was largely in response to selling most of their pork products directly to China and even more so a result of Chinese ownership.
• JBS and Tyson
Tyson and JBS – major US pork processors - announced in October 2019 that they will join Smithfield by banning the use of ractopamine in pigs marketed to their plants in the first quarter of 2020. This decision was made to compete more effectively for export opportunities, specially China.
有些疑惑，要賣東西給人家，當然是要符合買方的要求。哪有買方要接受賣方的瑕疵？中國說不要瘦肉精，美國就可以給不加藥的產品。台灣就得要接受加藥產品，還要自我麻醉說無害？
