In 2008, global meat production is expected to top 280 million tons, and that figure could nearly double by 2050.

2008年，全球的肉产量估计会超过2.8亿吨，而且这个数值在2050年几乎会翻倍。

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And the problem is only going to grow, with global production of meat reaching 465 million tons by 2050, double the amount produced in 2000.

而且问题还在继续，到2050年全球肉产量将达到4亿6千5百万吨，比2000年翻了一番。

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The EU, which bans imports of factory-farm meat, bought only $94.6 million of meat from the U.S. last year, compared with $2.6 billion purchased from New Zealand and Brazil.

去年，禁止进口工厂-农场肉类的欧盟只从美国购买了价值946万美元肉制品，但从新西兰和巴西购买了价值26亿美元的肉制品。

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Some 29.9 million pounds of antibiotics were sold in 2011 for meat and poultry production, compared with the 7.7 million sold for human use, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts, and that number has been on the rise.

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The agency will also lose around half a million pounds in its funding to promote Welsh meat.

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Although that is a greater number than the 2.1 million illnesses caused by contaminated beef, pork, poultry and other meat, the pathogens found on meat are generally more deadly than those found on vegetables, according to the report.

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