Zhongpin to start frozen pork meat production at new plant

Tag : Frozen Pork Meat

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - China-based meat processor ZhongpinInc. said Monday it will start production at its new processingcenter in the Western Henan province.
The company began construction on the plant in August and said itinvested about $14.5 million in the project.
Zhongpin said the plant has the capacity to produce 70,000 metrictons of chilled and frozen pork annually. The company said about 60percent of the plant will be dedicated to producing chilled porkand the remaining 40 percent will be used to produce frozen pork.
Zhongpin said the new facility increases its production capacity by22 percent.