--File - ein Kunde wählt Yurun food in einem Supermarkt in Shanghai, China, 29. August 2011. Kontroverse über die Verwendung von slimming Drogen durch die Schweinehalter
--File--A customer selects Yurun food at a supermarket in Shanghai, China, 29 August 2011. Controversy over the use of slimming drugs by pig farmers still looms over Chinas meat processing industry, with pork products from yet another company reported to contain the banned drug. On Sep 8, the China-based Yurun Group saw its stock prices on the Hong Kong stock exchange plunge 16.13% to close at HK$13.94 (US$1.79) following National Business Dailys report of traces of a banned drug found in products from its Henan subsidiary. The newspaper was tipped off by sources within Yurun about a batch of its subsidiarys products failing an inspection on Sep 1. Responding to the report, Yurun said the subsidiary in question handled the slaughter of 400 pigs every day, accounting for less than 1% of the groups output. The newspaper added that Yuruns stock prices have been affected by several negative news stories in the past six months, including a June 30 report by Chinese Business View in Shaanxi province, which alleged that detained pork from the company was released back into the market.
