from: thepigsite.com
“Pork production has safety implications for both producers and consumers, Dr Brian Evans, the executive vice president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency told the recent World Pork Conference in Qingdao China. By ThePigSite Senior Editor Chris Harris.
Dr Evans said that there were potential health consequences for producers, their families, their employees and those involved in the transport, slaughter and processing arising from zoonotic diseases.
For consumers, there are potential health consequences associated with foodborne illnesses.
“We have seen over the last 10 years a number of viruses that have had an impact,” Dr Evans said.
He told the conference that recent and recurring zoonotic diseases that are of major concern both at the production level and to the public are Nipah virus, Reston Ebola virus and pandemic influenza H1N1-09 virus, although he added that pigs have been the victims of the virus but have not been the vector.”
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