WINNIPEG — The general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council estimates an outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in young piglets has cost the industry up to $12 million. He says industry officials aren’t sure how the outbreak got started, whether someone who had been exposed elsewhere walked onto a Manitoba farm, or whether some equipment was infected. But he stresses there is no food safety issue as PED poses no threat to humans. “They’re perfectly fine animals. The meat products are perfectly fine; there’s no food safety issues.”Dickson says biosecurity measures are getting a handle on the outbreak, noting there haven’t been any new cases since last Friday.

Source: National Post July 20, 2017 01:18 UTC