10-19 news: USDA investigating pigs that tested positive for H1N1
The pigs “have probably gone to slaughter,” Gene Hugoson, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, said on a conference call with reporters, Bloomberg reports. The state has not traced the animals back to their owners. Final results of the tests likely will be confirmed next week, Hugoson said.
“There is absolutely no food-safety risk from eating any kind of pork that has been contaminated at one time or another with H1N1,” Hugoson said. “Any pig that exhibits any type of an indication of sickness would not be accepted at slaughter.”