Pork Needs Some Positive PR
By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • May 1st, 2009 • Category: Market Updates, The Lighter SideTalk to us! Will there be bacon on your breakfast table this weekend or ribs on your grill?
Swine flu is actually a misnomer and consumers can’t even get the N1H1 virus from eating pork, as stated by the Centers for Disease Control.
“Swine influenza viruses are not spread by food. You cannot get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork products is safe.”
Nonetheless, the pork pandemonium has brought peril to CME hog futures, which have plunged 17% this week. If news about pigs makes you squeal, check out www.thepigsite.com and wallow in all that’s oink.
