Three suspects in a high-profile food safety case have been arrested in Fujian province, and police are still looking for nearly 40 metric tons of inedible pork, Chinese media reported on Sunday.

Two of the suspects, a 44-year-old woman surnamed Lin and a 33-year-old man surnamed Wu, were detained on March 15 when they were transporting dead pigs by truck, Strait News, a newspaper in Fujian, quoted police sources in Zhangzhou, Fujian, as saying.

Police officers found seven tons of dead pigs in the truck, it added.