Move to 'rebrand' swine flu to halt pork boycott

By Nicola Clark, marketingmagazine.co.uk, 29 April 2009, 05:15PM

LONDON - US officials are attempting to rebrand 'swine flu' as the 2009 H1N1 virus over concerns that consumers may mistakenly boycott pork products.

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