Are these guys nuts? Nowhere have I read that you can get this from pork products. In fact, on Fox the doc said you can not get it from pork products. It is transmitted human to human. ROFL

Well, the customs director loves the spotlight I guess.
Poor pork product importers, they are going to get slammed for new inspection fees, permits, and more red tape.

maybe i'm wrong but doesn't a flu virus need a "living" host--only bacteria spread from dead meat. if i'm wrong someone let me know.
also i head one of the health official here in the U.S saying you cannot get the swine flu form eating pok products.

Goes to show you,, they are all bozos, this is better than the Keystone Cops!... maybe Mr. Cocco was referring to over-weight tourist from the US/Canada & Europe (porkettes & porkers). Amazing. !!

Its good that they are not taking any chances

You must be kidding: Do you really believe that because they say they are doing something that they are actually doing it.

This the dumb news of the week. WOW how on earth can this get transmitted tru a dead animal ahahahah well i guess they forgot to figure that one. every news sources has confirm it cannot be transmitted thru food is a flu not a disease people wowowowowowow. it only gets transmitted if you come in contact with infected person or are using something they have used. but i guess some folk out there maybe eating pork some infected peroson vomitted thats the only reason i can think of. well in that case shut-down the country then or is this the way Leonel is trying to distract the public eye just so he won't have to fire the corrupted CDE main man his personal buddy Ing. Seguras some how i saw this one coming but wow that was quick MR PRESIDENTE LIONEL FERNADEZ. Well Lionel forget about the FLU fire Ing. Seguras now mr cause you got caught.

Cocco is a ass like his pufta boss who is stealing this country blind.

The thing is that most Dominicans will not beleive this, and if one person is sick they will blame the pork and Mr. Cocco will loose his job for not taking any action. Cocco is just protecting his job, showing the people that he cares.
They do not even have a cure for this so I do not trust the any news source. When they have a cure I will fully believe that doctors fully understand this illness.

"The H1N1 virus is a mix of human, pig and bird viruses that has epidemiologists around the world deeply concerned. The World Health Organization says the outbreak has "pandemic potential."

Source DT

Using their logic, they need to ban humans, pigs, and birds. End of Story!

Read this advisory from the World Heath Organization

Is it safe to eat pork and pork products?

"Yes. Swine influenza has not been shown to be transmissible to people through eating properly handled and prepared pork (pig meat) or other products derived from pigs. The swine influenza virus is killed by cooking temperatures of 160_F/70_C, corresponding to the general guidance for the preparation of pork and other meat".

"For the ongoing outbreak of the swine influenza infection in the United States and Mexico, the national and the local authorities are recommending to use oseltamivir or zanamivir for treatment of the disease based on the virus’s susceptibility profile".

This custom director is incompetent, poor advised or trying to created a food shortage; you decided:Hope he don't stop the entry of oseltamivir and zanamivir.

Don't be so hard on Mr Cocco. There are other countries, such as Russia, China and Ukraine, that have banned imports of pork and pork products from Mexico and some U.S. states.
Indonisia banned ALL pork imports.

no biggy for Indonesia they don't eat a lot of pork anyways as well as Israel.

Hmmm maybe there is something to those beleif's after all

Yes the EU is advising against travel to the US and Mexico. Perhaps the DR as preparation should set up a couple of quarantine hotels for arrivals from the US. It seems strange that the US airlines don't stop travel to and from affected areas. US criminals did not stop the spread of HIV from the US - it is up to other countries such as the EU to come up with sensible precautions. DR could advise against travel to US. Banning all fresh products from the US and quarantining all imports and passenger arrivals.for one week would seem sensible. Of course CUBA thanks to sensible controls has one of the lowest HIV infection rates in the Caribbean. But the fascist US woild prefer that one million people die that the profits of the airlines suffer. And medical help for Mexico - forget it!
S.

this is a good news! no matter if it's a human-human transmition is good that we are seeing more care from our authorities! , and this is also a good way to prevent and initiate plans to secure that the products we buy are safe to eat!

That's the Dominican way. You can't get swine flu from eating pork.

Is pork the only meat product? As far as I concern growing up my family hardly had pork. How about goat, duck, cow, fish, and chicken.
This is a new strain of the swine virus. The problem is not eating pork, the problem is the handling.You could get it by handling or touching a product that has the virus and touching your nose lips eyes with dirty hands with the virus.
Remember viruses mutate becoming stronger. Some say virus can survive hundreds of years. So why not to take precausions.

Yes popon,
its better to be safe than sorry

Your getting warmer caballeros.. Now that Oscar Meyer has been contained to his hot dog stand , lets see you try working your anti- voodoo tactics at the border ..