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* WHO expert says flu viruses can survive freezing
* Blood of H1N1 infected pigs may also contain virus
* Meat from sick pigs or pigs found dead must not be eaten
* Existing food safety, trade checks offer ample protection
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG, May 6 (Reuters) - Meat from pigs infected with H1N1 flu should not be eaten by humans, a WHO official said on Wednesday, while stressing
that existing checks were sufficient to safeguard the food supply from the new virus strain.
Jorgen Schlundt, director of the World Health Organisation's Department of Food Safety, Zoonoses and Foodborne Diseases, said care must be taken to
ensure that pigs and their meat were checked for all diseases, including the H1N1 virus that may be present in the blood of infected animals.
reuters Hong Kong
This is the only news source I was able to find for this. Maybe others can find something in the US.
Joint FAO/WHO/OIE Statement on influenza A(H1N1) and the safety of pork
WHO
This is the only thing I found at WHO...updated today with no reference to the story.
I don't believe they would have found reason to update if the story was not true
Needless to say I am not comforted by the statement that 'existing checks are sufficient to safeguard the food supply'. Existing checks in what
country are sufficient? Does anyone really think they are going to check for H1N1 in pigs going to market considering how long it takes? How many
stories have we all read of our tainted food supply. I know heat to 160 kills it but that is not the point. It comes into the home alive.
I have always known it was money first but this is too blatant. I do not want to fearmonger...my issue is that it is not reported in MSM in the
US...not even with any reassurance as to how it is going to be avoided. I would prefer to make an informed choice. When you hide it, you create
suspicion.
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