每逢國內開始討論是否要開放含瘦肉精萊克多巴胺豬肉進口的議題，國內豬農便會群起抗議，認為進口的低價豬肉會衝擊到國產豬肉的市場。但是，

政府開放美豬牛，訂定進口豬肉的萊克多巴胺（瘦肉精）容許值引發各界爭議，農委會主委陳吉仲今（31）日表示，台灣豬肉歷年自給率均超過9成，美國豬肉進口比例也逐年下降，至今只佔總消費量的1.23%，可見台灣豬面對進口豬，具有相當良好的競爭力，消費者只要選擇國產豬肉，絕對不用擔心。台灣自2002年加入WTO

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As part of a company focus on meeting product demand in international markets, Hormel Foods is set to stop sourcing pigs raised using, or having been exposed, to the feed additive ractopamine.

Company has been supplying pork without the feed additive since 2012.

U.S. hog capacity now 78% ractopamine free in response to growing global demand resulting from foreign African swine fever outbreaks.