Swine Flue
The latest information on swine flue can be found at the Center for Disease Control's website (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu). An informational brochure has also been developed to help answer questions. This is available in PDF for at (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/pdf/brochure.pdf)
Basic Swine Flu Facts:
(From the National Pork Producers Council)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:
- People cannot get the hybrid influenza from eating pork or pork products. Most influenza viruses, including the swine flu virus, are not spread by food. Eating properly handled and cooked pork products is safe.
- There are no food safety issues related to the hybrid flu that has been identified, according to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.
- Preliminary investigations have determined that none of the people infected with the hybrid flu had contact with hogs. "This virus is different, very different from that found in pigs."
- The hybrid virus never has been identified in hogs in the United States or anywhere in the world.
- The hybrid virus is contagious and is spreading by human-to-human transmission.
