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Pork low on menu as fears stay high
By Huang Zhiling and Wang Zhenghua (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-08-04 05:56
CHENGDU: Zhao Jian, a company manger in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province,
has not eaten a piece of pork since the reported outbreak of streptococcus suis
last month.
His favourite Wu's Restaurant caters to government and company employees who
are unable to go home for lunch. Its menu consists of household dishes whose
prices range from 5 yuan (US$0.6) to 20 yuan (US$2.5). "Most of the dishes are
made of pork," said Wu Pangzi, the restaurant owner.
Customers shop for
pork at a market in Chongqing August 4, 2005.
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One of Wu's relatives, who runs a private slaughterhouse in nearby Pixian
County, used to send 40 kilogrammes of pork to his restaurant every day to cater
for the 200 or so diners. "But since late last month, I haven't bought pork from
my relative's slaughterhouse, because the government has set up checkpoints on
the highway to stop the transportation of pork," Wu said.
Diner's dilemma
Liu Jingming, a 42-year-old butcher in Deyuan Township
in Pixian, has been on a "vacation" for nearly 10 days. "As few people dare to
eat pork, the boss of the private slaughterhouse where I work has temporarily
closed it down," he said.
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