An unconfirmed report from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) indicated it was the result of a European Union (EU) directive.

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The farmer "may have exposed swine on the farm to an influenza virus, " said Dr. Brian Evans of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

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"We have determined that the virus H1N1, found in these pigs, is the virus which is being tracked in the human population, " said Brian Evans of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

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Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reports that the Information Commission is investigating seven government departments: Environment, Fisheries and Oceans, Natural Resources, National Defence, the Treasury Board Secretariat, National Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

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