BEIJING Authorities recovered hundreds more dead pigs from a river that provides drinking water to Shanghai, China’s financial hub, bringing the total to more than 6,600 since last Friday.

230305<strong>4585<\/strong>)_听” style=”max-width:410px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;”>Pictures of swollen and rotting carcasses in the Huangpu river have worried many residents, but officials say the water supply remains safe. </p> </p> <p>The surge in dumping of dead pigs – believed to be from swine farms in the upstream Jiaxing area of neighboring Zhejiang province – has followed police campaigns against the sale of pork products made from diseased pigs. </p> </p> <p>On Wednesday, a Zhejiang court sentenced 46 people to jail for producing unsafe pork from sick pigs that they had acquired and slaughtered between 2010 and 2012. </p> </p> <p>The official Xinhua News Agency said police in the city of Wenling had seized 13,708 pounds of diseased pork. </p> </p> <p>In another operation last year, police in Jiaxing broke up a gang that acquired and slaughtered diseased pigs. Provincial authorities said police arrested 12 suspects and confiscated nearly 12 tons of tainted pork. </p> </p> <p>On Wednesday, the Shanghai government said the city will continue to monitor water quality and <a href=마카오 베네시안 카지노 test for viruses including porcine circovirus.

It said the city disinfected the carcasses before burying some and incinerating others.