AMI Battles Misconceptions About Swine Flu

WASHINGTON — In an effort to address misunderstandings about how swine flu is communicated, the American Meat Institute yesterday released a number of materials, including a video message about pork safety from AMI President J. Patrick Boyle and a series of audio sound bites to frequently asked questions on www.meatsafety.org, the organization’s consumer website.

In a release, AMI said that the comments reflect assurances made by the World Animal Health Organization, as well World Health Organization officials, including Dr. Keiji Fukuda, interim assistant director for health security and environment, who said on Monday that “right now we have no evidence to suggest that people are getting exposed or getting infected from exposure to pork or to pigs. Right now we have zero evidence to suspect that exposure to meat leads to infections.”

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