No fear of swine flu from eating local pork

Animal Production and Health Department Director General Swarna Herath said pork can be eaten without getting infected with swine flu.

An Information Department release said Sri Lankans can consume pork without getting infected with the A/H1N1 virus known as 'swine flu'.

The Animal Production and Health Department has stopped importing swine, pork and pork related food to promote the national swine production industry in Sri Lanka. It has also given instructions to dispose waste from flights in a proper way.

There is no possibility of swine flu spreading among animals in Sri Lanka. However suspected animals should be sent to the Veterinary Research Institute.