May 13 2009 - C. Larry Pope, President and Chief Executive Officer of Smithfield Foods, Inc., sent today a letter to all employees informing that the results of the testing process conducted by the Mexican government have confirmed that no virus, including the human strain of A(H1N1) influenza, is present in the pig herd at Granjas Carroll de Mexico (GCM), the company’s joint venture farm in Veracruz, Mexico.
“These findings, which are consistent with our earlier communications to you, validate what we believed from the very beginning: that the recent subtype of H1N1 influenza virus affecting humans did not originate from GCM” - Said Pope in the letter.
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