Letter from Smithfield Foods President and CEO
May 1, 2009 - This letter from Smithfield Foods President and CEO Larry Pope to the company's employees hits on several hot topics. First, it indicates that the World Health Organization has renamed the virus A(H1N1) due to a lack of any connection to swine. Second, it shares that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has indicated that A(H1N1) can only pass from human to human and not through eating pork or pork products. For the contents of the letter click here.

CNBC Interview with Smithfield Foods President and CEO
CNBC - May 1, 2009
Larry Pope, President and CEO of Smithfield Foods, tells Erin Burnett of CNBC that there is no documented evidence of any pigs having H1N1 influenza and tells of monthly blood testing done on animals to keep them healthy along with a detailed health audit being launched in Smithfield's Mexican facilities. Burnett examines Smithfield's biosecurity manual and notes it is just one of many manuals that Smithfield suppliers follow. Pope indicates that A(H1N1) can only pass from human to human and not through eating pork or pork products. To see the interview, click here.

Modern Farm Animal Housing Reduces Disease Risks
May 1, 2009 - The Animal Agriculture Alliance is extremely dismayed, but not surprised, to learn that a number of groups have attempted to use the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza to advance their anti-modern agriculture and animal rights agendas. More.

Statement Regarding North American Influenza
April 28, 2009 - The public is concerned about media reports on influenza in humans. The Animal Agriculture Alliance (Alliance) wants to assure the public that pork is safe and will continue to be safe to eat. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has made it clear that people cannot contract North American influenza from eating pork or pork products. More.