NPPC and USMEF Comment on H1N1 Outbreak
US - With yesterday’s announcement by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) that pigs in Minnesota tested positive for the 2009 novel H1N1 virus, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) reiterates that pork is safe to eat and handle and that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu viruses cannot be transmitted through food, including pork.
20 October 2009
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