Canada's pork sales to China have overtaken the United States as the #1 North American supplier of pork to The Land of the Red Dragon. Tightened environmental standards in China have forced farm closures and boosted demand for cheap imports. For their part, Canadian farmers have almost completely removed the growth drug Ractopamine, which is banned in China, a country that consumes half of the world's pork.
As a result, Major U.S.-based firms are now moving to produce more Ractopamine-free hogs.
