Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs (AP via Yahoo! News) Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker. He's a hog farmer in central Missouri. [News Source]

Carcass Removal Restrictions Hurting KY Farmers (WTVQ Lexington) New FDA regulations, intended to help prevent the spread of mad cow disease, have created some big problems for Kentucky Farmers, businesses, and county governments. [News Source]

Carcass Removal Restrictions Hurting KY Farmers (WTVQ Lexington) New FDA regulations, intended to help prevent the spread of mad cow disease, have created some big problems for Kentucky Farmers, businesses, and county governments. [News Source]

Carcass Removal Restrictions Hurting KY Farmers (WTVQ Lexington) New FDA regulations, intended to help prevent the spread of mad cow disease, have created some big problems for Kentucky Farmers, businesses, and county governments. [News Source]

Carcass Removal Restrictions Hurting KY Farmers (WTVQ Lexington) New FDA regulations, intended to help prevent the spread of mad cow disease, have created some big problems for Kentucky Farmers, businesses, and county governments. [News Source]

Swine-flu hysteria. Despite all the processes of globalization that are leading us toward nature's great comeuppance, trend lines indicate we are better equipped than ever to minimize the effects of a pandemic. Why? Because wealthier people tend to be healthier people. [News Source]

China bans Alberta pork. China banned pork imports from Alberta on Sunday after news a farm worker transmitted swine flu to pigs in one herd in the province, industry officials say. Philippines, Singapore, Honduras and at least seven other countries have bans that include all Canadian pork and live pigs. [News Source]

Permanent watch on pigs may be needed for flu. Crucial global surveillance of animal disease could be revised to include swine influenza in pigs because of its potential risk to human health, a World Health Organisation expert said Monday. [News Source]

U.S. testing for flu in pigs less stringent than for mad-cow, bird flu. While Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says there is "no evidence" of the new swine flu in U.S. pigs, the federal government doesn't aggressively search for it on farms. [News Source]

Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent a devastating outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker. He's a hog farmer in central Missouri. [News Source]