Russia cuts off pork and hog exports from NS Canada - by Jim Romahn
Government officials in Nova Scotia Canada have confirmed that Russia has cut off pork and hog exports from Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia. Swine flu is the reason that has been given. The H1N1 virus that began in Mexico has spread around the world, and in Canada passed from a worker who visited Mexico to a herd of about 2,200 pigs in Alberta. That herd is under quarantine, even though the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has said it’s a mild form of the virus that is relatively common in pigs. They usually have the sniffles for a week to 10 days and fully recover.
Canada and World Health Organization officials say the virus in pigs poses no health risk to pork consumers. Russia is one of a number of countries, albeit none of them in North America or Europe, who have banned exports of Canadian hogs and pork since the first cases of H1N1 arose in Canada at the end of April.
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