Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack called a news conference Thursday to talk directly to reporters who continue to misuse the term swine flu to characterize the H1N1 virus. The Secretary emphasized that the term swine flue is not only inaccurate, but is kicking an industry that is already down. Vilsack said misuse of the term is causing undue and undeserved harm to America's agricultural industry.
Vilsack pointed out that pork producers are suffering through a very, very depressed market and every time the flu is mislabeled and misrepresented it makes it that much more difficult to climb out of this difficult economic time.
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