Foot and mouth disease outbreak confirmed in November 2010 in South Korea. Since then, 1 million pigs have been culled. A news report on news.sky.com was more concerned about selling vaccination drugs to South Korean government, and criticizing the South Korean government of not allowing vaccination drugs in their pigs. The twisted news report was also propagandizing against live burying of pigs as inhumane. Those are not important. The only important news item is that there is Foot and mouth disease in South Korean pigs and this poses a threat to pork consumers in countries where these diseased pigs can be exported to… not officially, but unscrupulously, you know, it’s business.
Most pigs in the supermarket are intensively farmed animals. Most are fed genetically modified produce, which are a prime suspect why the pigs are sick. I had interviewed a farmer that his genetically modified produce are unfit for human consumption, so they are fed to pigs and chickens as “feed” he says. What the? The logic is 1+1. Why are the pigs sick?
Pork is very popular in my country. Second only to chicken as a staple food. Personally, I don’t eat pork for myself, and I avoid pork. There are times for socials I’ll get barbecued pork for me and my kids, but with this news report… pork is absolutely out of the equation. As for our purchases of pork for our maids, maybe we will switch to chicken for the moment or a certified local pork source.
Excuse me while I go to the Malabon City market and purchase a couple of kilos of yummy healthier horse meat.