We have progress, at last, in Britain to deal with a long neglected scandal.
Although pork is a major worry, we should also be concerned
with the impact on people raising and handling pigs, their families and contacts, and the outrageous government
veterinary cover-up in the UK on this and other zoonotic pig
diseases.
There has been widespread sustained serious criminal activity to cover-up this disgraceful situation over many years, with many resulting human casualties.
We now need an urgent Royal Commission of
Enquiry with witnesses giving evidence under oath.
The full news report can be found here and is essential reading.
Hepatitis E in pigmeat is a ticking timebomb
By Nicholas Robinson
04-Jun-2014
Hepatitis E in pork products will be the next battleground
in foodborne diseases, a leading food safety expert has warned.
The number of hepatitis E cases reported in foods had
increased from relatively few, to more than 600 last year, said Sarah O’Brien, professor of
infection epidemiology and zoonoses at the University of Liverpool...
