Take this as a warning! Black-hearted traders actually add this kind of "material" to keep pork fresh, and eat it or cause death! Sentenced to 8 months in prison and fined 10,000 yuan!
According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, on January 5, the average price of pork in the national agricultural products wholesale market was 20.04 yuan/kg, down 2% compared with 20.45 yuan/kg last Friday (December 29). The average price this week was 20.2 yuan/kg, down 1.2% from the average price of 20.44 yuan/kg last week.
This week, the average price of live pigs decreased month-on-month. According to data from China Pig Network, on January 5, the price of live pigs (outer three yuan) was 14.2 yuan/kg, down 2% from 14.49 yuan/kg last Friday (December 29). From the perspective of the average price of one week, the average price of live pigs this week was 14.32 yuan/kg, down 1.6% compared with the average price of 14.56 yuan/kg last week.
In the later stage, Zhuochuang Information surveyed 220 sample breeding enterprises in January to slaughter plans to decrease month-on-month, but the narrowing of the fertilizer standard price spread or to a certain extent to drive the enthusiasm of the breeding end of the pig slaughter, and the demand boost is limited, in January 2024, the pig price rose or is relatively weak, according to the breeding end of the slaughter and slaughtering enterprises stocking law, the overall month or the overall trend of falling first and then rising, the monthly average price is flat or slightly lower than the previous month, the probability is relatively greater.
Pig prices may still lack upward momentum in January 2024
From the perspective of supply, according to the monitoring data of Zhuochuang Information, the pig slaughter plan of 220 sample enterprises in January decreased by 10.14% month-on-month. There are two reasons: on the one hand, in the fourth quarter of 2023, some areas are still affected by conventional pig diseases, and some small and medium-weight pig sources are slaughtered ahead of schedule, and the completion rate of the slaughter plan of 220 sample breeding enterprises in December is 108.18%, which leads to a decrease in the source of suitable weight pigs in January 2024.
On the other hand, December is usually the year-end impulse period for the breeding end, and the Spring Festival in 2024 is in February, the industry generally has low bullish expectations for January, and some farmers choose to complete the slaughter plan in advance, resulting in a month-on-month decrease in the number of pigs that can be slaughtered in January. The number of slaughter plans decreased month-on-month, which had a certain positive support for pig prices in January.
However, there is another indicator to pay attention to - the fat pig spread (fat pig - standard pig). According to the monitoring data of Zhuochuang Information, as of January 2, 2024, the national fat standard pig price spread is 0.31 yuan/kg, the fertilizer standard price spread in Sichuan, the main sales area of large pigs, has narrowed, and the fertilizer standard price spread in Henan, Heilongjiang and other regions has turned from positive to negative. On the one hand, part of the pig source of the second fattening in the early stage is still being released; on the other hand, the pickling season is gradually over, and the demand for large pigs is declining, resulting in the weakening of the price advantage of large pigs, which weakens the sentiment of weight gain in the fence to a certain extent, and enhances the enthusiasm of the slaughtered pigs at the breeding end, which in turn forms a certain negative for pig prices.
From the point of view of demand, as the Spring Festival is in February, most of the time period before the Spring Festival will be concentrated in late January to early February, and the end of the pickled season, the slaughtering volume of slaughtering enterprises has gradually declined, and the demand in January may decline significantly, which is more obvious for pig prices.
In addition, frozen inventory is also a potential factor affecting pig prices, the current national frozen inventory decline is relatively slow, and the follow-up slaughtering enterprises still have relatively high pressure out of the warehouse, which is negative for pig prices.
Hehe Futures believes that under the process of de-stocking live pig production capacity in 2023, the supply of live pigs in 2024 will decline month-on-month, but the production capacity is still higher than the normal holdings, and the frozen product inventory is high. The Spring Festival is approaching, there is an increase in demand for pork, but after the pig market once again entered the off-season, in the supply of increased and demand is not supported, pig prices or again under pressure. In the short term, it may be difficult for pig prices to rise sharply in the first half of the year, focusing on whether there will be an inflection point in the second half of the year, and it is expected that the pig market in 2024 may be stronger than in 2023.
Maike Futures believes that the market supply pressure still exists, the demand performance is weak, the peak period of pickling and enema has passed, the orders of slaughtering enterprises have decreased, the operating rate has declined, the price sentiment has risen again, the supply and demand game, and the pig price has continued to decline in a narrow range. After the Spring Festival, pig prices will likely fall deeply, and the breeding loss will be further expanded, so during January, whether it is a large-scale farm or a small and medium-sized retail household, it will be slaughtered as much as possible, and some February pig sources will also be advanced to January slaughter, and the overall supply of live pigs in January is still sufficient.
It is worth being vigilant that in the current difficult situation in the industry, some industry chaos has also begun to appear, and once these chaos occurs, it will cause fatal damage to the pig industry.
Sales of "borax pork"
I wish so-and-so to be sentenced!
Recently, the Xiangzhou District People's Court of Zhuhai City concluded a case of selling "borax pork", and the defendant Zhu Moumou was sentenced to eight months in prison and fined 10,000 yuan for the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food, and must compensate 2,172.8 yuan for public welfare losses, and publicly apologize in the news media at or above the municipal level (including the municipal level).
Zhu Moumou has been selling pork at a farmers' market for more than 20 years. In the past, business was very good, but before noon, the pork at the stall would be swept away. Later, due to the opening of a fresh supermarket around the farmers' market, the business of Zhu Moumou's pork stall was not as good as before. When the weather is hot, pork is not tolerant of release, easy to spoil and stink, and the more meat that cannot be sold, the more losses there will be. Zhu Moumou was anxious, and heard that borax could be "kept fresh", so he bought two packs of borax from a mobile vendor in a market at a price of 9 yuan per package.
When the pork at the stall can't be sold, Zhu Moumou will make a basin of water, grab a handful of borax, mix out the meat washing water, and then soak the meat in the water. If the pork is white and does not look good, Zhu Moumou will add a little borax to the pig's blood and apply it directly to the meat. Processed meat always looks fresher and doesn't dry out to the touch. After that, Zhu Moumou sold "borax pork" and "borax pork ribs" at a price of 7 yuan per catty and 18 yuan to 20 yuan per catty.
At noon one day, before Zhu Moumou had time to open the file, he was arrested by the police and law enforcement officers of the market supervision department who came to inspect, and 26.31 kilograms of pork for sale (including 2 pork, 1 ribs), 2 bags of white powder substance, 1 bucket of meat washing water and other items were seized at the scene.
Boric acid was detected in pork ribs, pork and meat washing water, with an average residue of about 209 mg/kg, and 2 bags of white powder contained borax and some weathering of borax at a content of more than 90% (m/m). After calculation, the total price of defendant Zhu XX's production and sale of toxic and harmful fresh pork was about 217.28 yuan.
After trial, the Xiangzhou Court held that the defendant Zhu Moumou violated national food management regulations by mixing the pork produced and sold with toxic and harmful non-food raw material borax, and his actions had violated the criminal law of the mainland, constituting the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food. The defendant Zhu Moumou sold fresh pork to many unspecified consumers was adulterated with borax, a toxic and harmful non-edible substance, which violated Article 34 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and other legal provisions, infringed on the legitimate rights and interests of many consumers, and harmed the public interest, and should bear civil liability for compensation in accordance with law. Based on the facts, nature, and circumstances of the defendant's crime, the degree of harm to society, and his attitude toward admitting guilt, the above judgment was rendered.
What is Borax?
Borax is an inorganic compound, which is a colorless translucent crystal or white crystalline powder, soluble in water and weakly alkaline.
What are the dangers of borax to the human body?
Borax is highly toxic, and a small amount of boric acid will form in the stomach after ingestion, causing nausea and vomiting, dizziness, headache and even shock. Direct contact with excessive boric acid can also cause skin allergies, and borax will also be absorbed by the body through broken skin, accumulating and causing chronic poisoning.
The dose of borax poisoning in adults is 1g-3g, and 15g-20g can be fatal, while children accidentally ingest 5g of borax and infants accidentally ingesting 2g-3g, both of which may be fatal.
Here, we also remind the majority of food producers and traders that borax and boric acid are included in the national health department's release
In the "List of Non-edible Substances That May Be Illegally Added to Food", according to the relevant provisions of Article 144 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China", the illegal addition of borax constitutes the crime of producing and operating toxic and harmful food!
How can consumers be identified?
1. Look at the color of the pork: After sprinkling borax on the surface of the meat, the fresh meat will lose its original luster, and the color will be darker than the pink lean meat. If the borax is freshly sprinkled, there will be a white powdery substance on the surface of the meat.
2. Touch the smoothness of the pork: touch the surface of the meat with your hands, if there is a slippery feeling, you should be alert to whether the meat is sprinkled with borax. If the borax is sprinkled too much, when the hand touches, there will be borax particles on the hand, and a faint alkaline smell can be smelled.
3. Use pH test paper to test color: go to a chemical store or pharmacy to buy a special pH test paper for testing, tear off a test strip, and stick it on the meat, if the test paper turns blue, it means that the meat contains borax, if the test paper does not change color, it means that there is no borax on the meat.
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Source: Synthesized from The Paper, Luzhou Market Supervision, etc
Editor: Mao Hong
Note: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute any investment advice.