Swine Flu and the Pork Industry

With the recent swim flu scare the pork industry has been suffering. After the virus was dubbed "the swine flu" the industry immediately felt the effects, as consumers have stopped buying pork products. Even though food safety officials have confirmed that you can't get swine flu from eating pork products, the U.S. food industry has suffered colossal food safety nightmares, including last year's salmonella outbreak in peanuts and has since left consumers wary of any food safety issues. Pork sales and prices dropped in the United States and other countries have closed their markets to countries that have confirmed cases.

While it's not surprising that Americans are jittery about consuming pork products, the National Pork Producers Council is trying to get out the message that pork continues to be a safe and healthy product.

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