Telegraph correspondent Tom Phillips reports on China's latest health scandal from the foul smelling banks of the Huangpu river in Shanghai where over 3,000 dead pigs have been pulled from the water.
Authorities have been pulling out the swollen and rotting pigs, some with their internal organs visible, since Friday - and revolting images of the carcasses in news reports and online blogs have raised public anger against local officials.
The surge in the dumping of dead pigs upstream from Shanghai has followed a police campaign to curb the illicit trade in sick pig parts.
The effort to keep infected pork off dinner tables may instead be fueling new health fears, as Shanghai residents and local media fret over the possibility of contamination to the city's water supply, although authorities say no contamination has been detected.
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