During a press briefing the US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said: 'We want to say to consumers here and abroad that there is no risk to you, there is no scientific evidence whatsoever that there is any link between consuming pork, prepared pork products and the H1N1 virus.'
The move comes after a significant decline in the international prices of US pork. Countries including Russia and China have suspended pork imports from Mexico and some US states.
Experts have re-iterated there is no link at all between the consumption of pork and the virus. More than 150 people are suspected to have died of the virus in Mexico and the illness has since spread around the globe.
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