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Did you order rotten pig with that glass of water?

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Apparently, infected pork is what’s hot in Shanghai.

A reported 2,813 pigs and piglet carcasses have been retrieved around the city. The infected pork is raising health scares, as Shanghai residents and local media contemplate the possibility that the infected pork has contaminated the water supply, despite authorities stating otherwise. 

“Well, since there supposedly is no problem in drinking this water, please forward this messages, if you agree, to ask Shanghai’s party secretary,mayor, and water authority leaders if they will be the first ones to drink this meat soup?” said Gan Yuanchun, a lawyer, on a verified microblog.

Authorities are aware of how harmful and disgusting digesting rotten pig is to the human body and have taken on the task of cleaning up the rivers and the local restaurants. 

Pigs that have died from disease are to be incinerated or buried, but some farmers do not follow protocol. The diseased pork is sold to slaughterhouses and end up on local plates.

Just last year, authorities were able to apprehend twelve suspects involved in illegal pork trading.

An anonymous villager told the Jiaxing Daily newspaper that “Ever since the police have stepped up efforts to crack down on the illicit market of sick pigs since last year, no one has come here to buy dead pigs, and the problem of pig dumping is worse than ever this year.”

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Huang Beibei, a resident of Shanghai, was the first to expose the rotten carcasses when he uploaded photos of the swollen pigs and piglets on his microblog with the caption: “This is the water we are drinking. What is the government doing to address this?”

Beibei’s photo caught the attention of various media outlets, who in turn shared Beibei’s discoveries with the rest of Shanghai. Although Beibei’s picture grants him time in the spotlight, his intent was only to inform the public of their surroundings.

Beibei said, “Though the government says the water is safe, at least I do not believe it- given the number of pigs in the river. These pigs have died from disease.”

It is still unclear what caused the death of the pigs. 

The battle against the illegal pork pins is a fight worth fighting and will be taken on aggressively thanks to Huang Beibei.

SOURCE: Huffington Post