Officials sacked for deception on pig diseases
By Huang Zhiling (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-08-08 05:31

After this was exposed, the four officials still tried to cheat a county investigation team. But their deception backfired and resulted in their dismissal, said Wang Minghui, the mayor of Neijiang which has Zizhong under its jurisdiction.

To curb the spread of the disease, the Sichuan provincial Department of Commerce has asked bureaus of commerce to reinforce the management of slaughterers to ensure all pigs undergo quarantine procedures.

The department said Sichuan will reduce the number of designated slaughterers to try to ensure quarantine and therefore the safety of pork.

There will be between one and three slaughterers in a large city, between one and two in a medium-sized city, one in a county seat and one in the seat of a township government.

No new cases were reported in Sichuan in the 24 hours from noon on Saturday to noon on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health.

One patient died on Saturday.