Tuesday, 7 May 2013

China farmers held for selling meat from sick pigs

Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2013


Three Chinese farmers were held for operating an illegal pork business selling meat from pigs that died of disease, state media said Monday, the latest in a series of food scandals to hit China.

The farmers were contracted to dispose of dead swine on a farm in the southeastern province of Fujian but instead sold the meat for human consumption, the Global Times newspaper said.

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