date:May 31, 2013
supply chain.
By early May, Smithfield already had moved two of its plants - including Tar Heel, North Carolina, the world's largest pork-processing facility - off ractopamine. When the third plant converts on June 1, over 50 percent of our operations will have no ractopamine as part of their feed rations, CEO Pope said.
Tyson, which owns very few hogs, has started producing some pork without ractopamine because the company is concerned about how the use of these supplements is restricting U.S