China's Zhongpin starts operations in new pork plant

Zhongpin Inc, a leading Chinese meat and food processing company, has started production in its new prepared pork products plant in Changge, Henan province.

According to the company, the Changge plant will have an annual production capacity of 36,000 tonnes for prepared pork products. With this addition, Zhongpin will have 90,000 tonnes of annual production capacity in its three Changge plants for prepared pork products.

The new plant will supply products to most of Zhongpin's current retail locations, restaurant chains, hotels and other institutional clients in several regional markets in China.