Staph superbug in pork?!? Thanks for the post MamaD.
Thankfully our fridge has but a few packages of bacon in it and no other pork products, nor do I intend to buy more. Staff superbug can be FATAL. This was Canadian news but I note the FDA is silent concerning testing of US pork products using the same testing criteria.
Half of all Dutch farmers now carry superbug
Medical officials found that 50% of Dutch farmers were carriers of the strain, a prevalence 1,500 times higher than the rest of the population. In one pig farming region 80% of all MRSA cases are now caused by the farm animal strain. A survey by the Dutch food and consumer product safety authority last year found traces of the bug in 20% of pork meat, 21% of chicken meat and 3% of beef.