NASFT put Smithfield Rep on Board of Directors?

I was very surprised to hear via this Press Release that a member of Smithfield Specialty Foods Group was appointed to the NASFT Board of Directors. NASFT hosts specialty food conferences. I believe you've heard that Smithfield's operations have been a breeding ground of disease, and have been potentially implicated in the Swine Flu Epidemic and deaths which followed throughout the world. Here's an article with more information 
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-10-29-swine-flu-cafo-wapo-article/

Here is the contact information for NASFT in case you would like to email them:
NASFT Communications <lkramer@nasft.org> and rtanner@nasft.org

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