Virus
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US pork industry assures that meat is safe to eat
The US pork industry continues to reassure people in the wake of a report from Canada that pigs in an Alberta pork operation contracted an H1N1 virus. A worker who recently visited Mexico – and became ill with the flu – is suspected of transmitti…
Virus | 04 May 2009
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It's a Peculiar World
Bill Marler, food safety advocate and managing partner of food borne illness law firm Marler Clark, has asked the food safety community to weigh in on the most pressing food safety challenges in 2009. Amongst them are zoonotic viruses such as avian …
Virus | 01 January 2009
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Philippines Calls for Assistance in Battling Ebola-Reston Virus in Pigs
Following the detection of the Ebola-Reston virus in pigs in the Philippines last year, experts from the two world bodies were requested by the government of the Philippines to assist in battling the virus.…
Virus | 01 January 2009
