Total Number of Clips: 2 Cumulative Est. Audience: 1,764,476 Cumulative Est. Publicity Value: $39,382 (Sum of Clip Totals)
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CNN Newsroom
CNN (CNN)National Programming, DMA: 0
Apr 28 2009 3:30PM EDT
Programming Type: News
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cough. we're working around the clock to monitor the situation. we'll keep the public informed as the picture develops and we anticipate holding these briefings on a regular basis to make sure that accurate information is provided to the public. with that, i would like to introduce secretary of agriculture. >> thank you very much, and first of all, let me say from a usda perspective obviously our hearts go out to all of those families who have been affected by the h1n1 virus. those who lost loved ones and those currently dealing with those sick. we're also concerned about a lot of hard-working farm families around the united states who are inned in making sure that they can continue to raise pork and also be able to sell it here in america and around the world. so, we are aggressively working with our state ag departments and state veterinarians to make sure we can constantly be aware of any changes in the current status, as of today as secretary napolitano indicated we have no indication that any swine from the united states has been infected. we are constantly getting updates. if that were to change we would obviously notify folks immediately. we've taken the steps to work through our foreign agricultural services as well as with the ambassador, the trade representative's office to send the message to all of our trading partners that we're open for business. we believe that there is no reason to stop or ban pork or pork product from the united states. as the secretary indicated, it is perfectly safe to consume pork, pork products from america. we'll continue to trade. we're going to continue to work with our trading partners to make sure we answer any questions that they might have to make sure that the borders are open and trading lanes continue to be open. i want to take this opportunity to particularly note the efforts of the japanese government who have scene a very clear message to our trading partners that this is not a food borne illness, you can't contract it from consuming pork and that the importation of american pork and pork products is safe. we'll continue to work to answer questions from countries that have taken other actions. we're trying to underscore the fact that actions taken to ban or prevent the importation of pork or beef or any other products from the united states is not scientifically based, and could result in some serious trade disruptions but i'll let the trade representative speak more fully about that. >> thank you, mr. secretary and madam secretary, thank you for convening this. i'll try not to repeat those
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CNN Newsroom
CNN (CNN)National Programming, DMA: 0
Apr 28 2009 3:35PM EDT
Programming Type: News
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tomorrow may be a different report. to date, no. >> what is the point of monitoring the swine population? if you can't get this flu from swine, why check swine at all? >> because it could impact and affect the industry itself. this is more about the economics of it rather than the human side and human illness side of it. [ inaudible ] >> which is precisely the reason why we have asked and there has been a response to change the name of this. this really isn't swine flu it's h1n1 virus. it is very important and it is significant because there are hard-working families whose livelihood that depends on us conveying this message of safety. it's not just pork products but grain products. they react to positive and negative news and the livelihoods of a lot of people are at stake and we want to reinforce the fact that we're doing everything we possibly can to make sure our hog industry is sound and safe and to make sure that consumers in this country and around the world know that american products are safe. >> madam secretary, there's a report out of california that authorities there are investigating possible death from swine flu and also separately a report out of new york that hundreds of school kids may be sick with suspected swine flu. what your hearing? >> we have a number of states reporting illness and as you note, there is several cases, i think two in california. but they have not been confirmed that those are actually a product of h1n1. those diagnoses are going on. let me lay some ground work here for you. it is very likely that we will see more serious presentation of illness and some deaths as we go through this flu cycle. in a normal seasonal flu cycle we would anticipate across the united states 35,000 deaths. of course this is not a seasonal flu, but i think it would not be unexpected that there would be some more severe illness and some deaths as we proceed forward. >> secretary vilsack do you have any evidence of farmers being impacted? >> the last two days the pork prices have been down. the last two days soybean prices have been down. yesterday corn prices went down. so, virtually anybody who is in the pork business, in the corn business or the soybean business has had potentially had an impact or an effect and if this continues, obviously, you have significant potential, which is why it's important to get this right. this is not a food borne illness, virus. it is not correct to refer to it as swine flu because there's really, this is not what this is about. it is about a human-to-human transmission which is why the department of homeland security is taking litigation steps to minimize those contacts. and it is important to convey the message that consuming pork or pork products will not cause and cannot cause the illnesses that we're dealing with. so it's a very important message to send in terms of the economics of this and i think ambassador kirk is right about this. we're concerned about people's safety but also concerned about the impact on the economy of these farm families.
Total Number of Clips: 2 Cumulative Est. Audience: 1,764,476 Cumulative Est. Publicity Value: $39,382 (Sum of Clip Totals)

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