Flu ‘not a food safety issue’. Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council, wants consumers to eat an extra helping of pork until the H1N1 scare blows over. [News Source]

Aporkalypse not (Kingston Whig-Standard) Carl Kraglund sold a pork roast to a customer in his Market Square butcher shop last weekend and 24 hours later was on the phone reassuring the woman that it was perfectly safe to eat.[...] [News Source]

Swine flu frenzy worries local pork farmers (The Peterborough Examiner) Local pork farmers say their products are safe, but some fear the global frenzy over swine flu could lead to a pork boycott similar to the mad-cow-disease crisis.[...] [News Source]

HONDO: WHADDUP, GS? (New York Post) Hondo treaded water with his Twosday Special yesterday, hitting in the soiree with the Brewers to offset the matinee Bird bath in St. Pete. Tonight, with the earnings holding at 365 oylers, Mr. Aitch will join forces with G-Men from Detroit and... [News Source]

Chinese certification row (iafrica.com) Top US and Japanese negotiators pressed China to scrap rules on foreign computers. [News Source]

Critics question farms’ self-inspections to find swine flu (Southeast Missourian) 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. Twice a... [News Source]