90% of bacteria Consumer Reports found in pork were resistant to antibiotics

[jsr]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57554632/consumer-reports-sounds-alarm-on-pork-safety/

Consumer Reports sounds alarm on pork safety

...Urvashi Rangan, Consumer Reports director of consumer safety and sustainability, said, "We found potentially harmful bacteria on most of the samples of pork that we tested. One organism we looked at, enterococcus, is more a measure of filth indication, maybe fecal contamination."

Of nearly 200 pork samples tested by Consumer Reports, many tested positive for salmonella, listeria, staph bacteria. The magazine says a whopping 69 percent contained yersinia, which infects nearly 100,000 Americans every year. Children are especially vulnerable.

Stephen Morse, of the Columbia University School of Public Health, said, "You always expect to find some bacteria in any meat product. But those are usually harmless. I think the real surprise here was to find so many potentially disease-causing bacteria."

Even more, 90 percent of the bacteria Consumer Reports found were said to be resistant to antibiotics. In other words, they were super-bugs. ...

[Tigress DEM]

1. ewww

[dipsydoodle]

2. probably always been the case

as long as I can remember the first question a doctor is likely to ask in the event of any symptoms indicating food poisoning is "eaten any pork lately " ?

[MrYikes]

3. Mrsa in pork

mentioned on tv and caught my attention, googled it and it appears that 7% of all pork in stores carry Mrsa. They are finding many "super bugs" in pork.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240707.php

[Ian David]

4. I have to stop rubbing raw pork into my wounds when I get cuts and scrapes. n/t