Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday it lost more than expected in its fiscal second quarter because of declining beef sales and one-time costs, while the world's largest meat maker noted that it expects a drop in demand for pork amid worries about swine flu to be short-lived.
The Springdale, Ark.-based company said it was too soon to assess the impact of the virus, which has sickened more than 1,000 people globally. Tyson said fears of the virus _ also called H1N1 _ have kept some shoppers away from pork even though there has been no evidence that eating it can lead to an infection.
In Mexico, a major market for U.S. pork producers and the likely source of the …
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