Steve Troxler is not calling it "swine flu."
The state agriculture commissioner has told staff that he thinks the name for the influenza virus currently being tracked by health officials is a "misnomer."
"At this point, we've not found any evidence of it being in swine," said assistant director Andrea Ashby.
Internally, the state Department of Agriculture is referring to the official name of the virus, H1N1.
In a press release Monday, it called it the "swine influenza virus H1N1."
But a summary on the department's home page refers only to its technical name.
"At this time, no pigs in the United States have been found to be infected or sick with the H1N1 flu virus," the message reads.
Previously: N.C. Pork Council doesn't like "swine" flu.
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