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Pork sales take a hit
Sat, Sep 05, 2009
The Straits Times

By Jessica Lim

DESPITE assurances that it is safe to eat, sales of fresh pork took a hit yesterday.

The degree to which they fell varied - some suppliers said it was by as much as 35 per cent, while others said it was much smaller.

At wet markets, especially, it was clear that buyers were staying away, a reaction to news yesterday that the Influenza A (H1N1) virus was detected in some imported pigs from Indonesia's Pulau Bulan, Singapore's sole source of live pigs.


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