Posted on 03/10/2014 2:47:13 PM PDT by aimhigh
A fast-spreading virus that can kill 80 percent of piglets that contract it is rapidly spreading across Missouri hog farms, wiping out entire nurseries in some cases.
Porcine epidemic diarrhea has killed 4 million to 5 million pigs nationwide, or about 4 percent of the pigs that would go to market later this year, The Joplin Globe reported. . . . .
"We're adding 300 farms per week to the list of infected farms. I think most all will wind up with the disease," Plain said. "The average slaughter age is 6 months. So we will see the impact of this in six months. We do know it has impacted the futures market for hog contracts. We're at record levels now."
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Do you read that differently?
eating that stuff doesn’t seem a good idea to me. the lower on the food chain one eats the less chance of ingesting some unknown bug capable of mutating into a human susceptible form.
to even consider this is a sick joke. But hey, its the “free market” today.
The way I read it is that some standards have been met by the Chi coms. But it’s probably quite far off for something to actually come in our borders. The biggest thing is they import huge amounts of food from us; they really aren’t in a potion to export protein here.
I thing if it actually was going to happen however; people would raise a huge issue with it.
“to even consider this is a sick joke.”
To consider what?
chicken to China, then back here. Unless ANY Chicken, in ANY form that comes from China has a giant, 24 point font stating “CHINA”. Then I’m OK.
By the boots of workers, vermin, and birds.
The latter REALLY concerns me. Avian/porcine transmission often leads to it getting into people.
While I don't want to work there (done that), they have a high focus on food safety.
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