The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversight's FOIA request for communications between senior officials and stakeholders in the North Carolina pork farm industry.

FOIA to CDC seeking communications with the National Pork Producers Council, The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, and The North Carolina Pork Council regarding the risks posed by hog lagoons following Hurricane Florence.