Illegal lard sold to dining halls

BEIJING - More than 21 tons of illegal lard made from waste pig parts has been sold to college dining halls and local markets in the last two months in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province.

And since 2007, more than 200 tons of lard with sales of 1.4 million yuan ($205,000), have been produced by an underground workshop in the Yuhua district in Changsha, which was busted at the end of April, Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.

"Scattered around a shabby shed in a remote area of the city were filth, odds and ends, and all sorts of pig waste. The stink attracted swarms of flies. Beside two huge black boilers were several large buckets, all filled with newly made lard," the report said.