46 jailed for selling meat from sick pigs

A court in East China has jailed 46 people for selling meat from sick pigs.

Zhang Xingbing, the principal offender who illegally purchased, slaughtered the diseased pigs and sold the meat, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison and fined 800,000 yuan ($129,000), Xinhua reported.

The case was heard in Wenling, a city in Zhejiang province.