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Changing Chinese food safety is key to Shuanghui on Smithfield

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In what could be the largest acquisition of a US company by a Chinese one, pork company Shuanghui has offered $4.7bn for Smithfield Food. In this interesting interview by Bloomberg, the chairman of Shuanghui explains that he is looking for expertise and technology in food production, that has so far been lacking in China.

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