World food trends:Pork's top place challenged by chicken

摘要

When the final figures for world meat production in 2016 are compiled, they may well show that a major change has occurred in global market shares From preliminary estimates prepared in the final quarter of 2016 it certainly seems possible that — forthe first time ever — the volume of chicken anc other poultry meat produced annually worldwide has equaled or even exceeded the output of pork.The likelihood that pork would eventually lose its proud claim to be the world's most popular meat had been predicted for some years on the basis of trends seen in the current millennium. But few expected that a match of annual pig meat and poultry meatoutput would occur so soon.