AUSTIN, Texas - Governor Greg Abbott and state health officials say they are moving swiftly to address the first case of flesh-eating screwworm found in the U.S. in Texas.

What they're saying: At a news conference this afternoon, Gov. Abbott stressed that there was no food safety issue and that it was a food production issue.

Abbott updated a statewide declaration to authorize the use of and reallocate resources to respond and make available any and all state personnel to accelerate the eradication of the screwworm.