China
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Uncertain times for global pork industry as disease, feed prices, China all set to impact growth: Rabobank
GLOBAL – The pork industry is headed for another uncertain year in 2023 as animal diseases, feed grain prices, and Chinese policy all expected to…
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Hong Kong bans products containing CBD, allocates places to dump CBD products
CHINA – Hong Kong, where the eligibility of food and non-food products containing cannabidiol (CBD) has been ambiguous, has come out to ban products containing…
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World’s largest high-rise pig farm constructed in China to address insatiable demand for pork
CHINA –A 26-storey high-rise pig farm worth ¥4 billion (US$590M) has been constructed on the outskirts of Ezhou, a city in Hubei province, China. The…
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Boon to Ecuador cocoa sector as country signs free trade pact with China
ECUADOR – Ecuadorian food industry players, especially in the cocoa, have posited the free trade agreement (FTA) their government has signed with China as a…
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Low returns force Abbot Laboratories to pull out of Chinese infant formula market
CHINA – American infant formula giant Abbot Laboratories, is planning to discontinue the production and supply of infant formula in China saying the market is…