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The
following statement was issued jointly on 2 May 2009 by the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation
for Animal Health (OIE), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World
Trade Organization.
“In light of the spread of influenza A(H1N1), and the rising concerns about
the possibility of this virus being found in pigs and the safety of pork and
pork products, we stress that pork and pork products, handled in accordance
with good hygienic practices recommended by the WHO, FAO, Codex Alimentarius
Commission and the OIE, will not be a source of infection.
To date there is no evidence that the virus is
transmitted by food. There is currently therefore no justification in the
OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Code for the imposition of trade
measures on the importation of pigs or their products.
However it is important that Veterinary Authorities should collaborate with
human health counterparts to monitor pig herds for any signs of unusual
illness with suspected linkages to human cases of A(H1N1) influenza.”
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