Historically, caloric intake correlates closely with rising income. A further correlation links rising income with daily protein requirements being increasingly satisfied by the consumption of meat. Between 1980 and 2013 the per capital consumption of animal protein increased 426% in China, with the consumption of pork playing an outsized role. More recently, pork consumption has increased from about 29 kilograms in 2010 to about 31.2 kilograms by the end of 2015 on a per capita basis. Projected per capita consumption of pork by 2020 comes to about 34.7 kilograms. Meanwhile, global production of pork