Outbreak reports ‘fake’, livestock raiser association tells consumers

The Cambodian Livestock Raiser Association (CLRA) has issued a statement denying reports that CP Cambodia’s pork and poultry products are unsafe for consumption, calling the articles “fake news”.

The Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) is a Thai conglomerate based in Bangkok. It is Thailand’s largest private company and one of world’s largest conglomerates.

According to the association’s statement, in the last few days, people have been sharing posts on Facebook that falsely claim that CLRA has issued a 6-month ban on CP’s pork and chicken products.

The widely-shared posts claim consuming these products may lead to death in less than nine days, and allege that seven CP employees have already died after ingesting meat produced by the company, according to CLRA.

The association describes the reports as “fake news” that are “causing serious concern among our people and impacting the livelihoods of farmers and the industry as a whole.”

“The association would like to inform the public that there is no virus outbreak in the livestock and poultry industry that can harm people’s health as it was reported on social media,” the statement reads.

CLRA president Srun Pov told Khmer Times that letters have already been sent to all association members nationwide informing them that the reports were fake and that they were created by a former CP employee bent on defaming the company.

“The news is affecting people’s feelings so we needed to take immediate action. We told our members that there wasn’t an outbreak.

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