Pigs fed on swill banned from abattoirs in Beijing

The animal health watchdog agency in Beijing have banned more than 15,000 swill fed pigs from entering the market. This has been done to prevent pigs slaughtered in illegal slaughter houses from entering the food chain. Pig swill is gathered from many sources, such as hotels, restaurants and canteens making the feeding of pigs cheaper for the farmers.

The Animal Health Inspection Institute had witnessed that pig were eating a mixture of liquid and solid food scrapes, "The swill has not been properly disposed of on these farms. Pigs eating the waste are likely to carry dangerous diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease," said a spokesman from the institute. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers