Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
october 3, 2016
Pork purchased at two leading British supermarkets has been found to be infected with strains of MRSA.
According to a Guardian and Bureau of Investigative Journalism report, pork products bought at Asda and Sainsbury?s were contaminated with the bug. The two outlets had tested 97 samples of pork from British supermarkets, with three found to be contaminated.
The report also highlighted loopholes in import regulations that could allow live pigs infected with MRSA CC398 to be imported to the UK.
Emma Rose, the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics, said: "It is hugely concerning that livestock Associated MRSA has spread from British farms into the domestic pork supply chain. If we are to have any chance of heading off this catastrophe, the government needs to put in place some basic measures to tackle the spread of LA MRSA and introduce immediate screening of the national pig herd, as well as strict testing of imported livestock and meat products. Crucially, we need immediate restrictions introduced to farm use of antibiotics most linked to LA MRSA - particularly the ?critically important? modern cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone antibiotics.?
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Pork purchased at two leading British supermarkets has been found to be infected with strains of MRSA.
According to a Guardian and Bureau of Investigative Journalism report, pork products bought at Asda and Sainsbury?s were contaminated with the bug. The two outlets had tested 97 samples of pork from British supermarkets, with three found to be contaminated.
The report also highlighted loopholes in import regulations that could allow live pigs infected with MRSA CC398 to be imported to the UK.
Emma Rose, the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics, said: "It is hugely concerning that livestock Associated MRSA has spread from British farms into the domestic pork supply chain. If we are to have any chance of heading off this catastrophe, the government needs to put in place some basic measures to tackle the spread of LA MRSA and introduce immediate screening of the national pig herd, as well as strict testing of imported livestock and meat products. Crucially, we need immediate restrictions introduced to farm use of antibiotics most linked to LA MRSA - particularly the ?critically important? modern cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone antibiotics.?
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