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phantom power

(25,966 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:48 AM Apr 2013

Report on U.S. Meat Sounds Alarm on Resistant Bacteria

More than half of samples of ground turkey, pork chops and ground beef collected from supermarkets for testing by the federal government contained a bacteria resistant to antibiotics, according to a new report highlighting the findings.

The data, collected in 2011 by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System — a joint program of the Food and Drug Administration, the Agriculture Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — show a sizable increase in the amount of meat contaminated with antibiotic-resistant forms of bacteria, known as superbugs, like salmonella, E. coli and campylobacter.

The government published the findings in February, but they received scant attention until the Environmental Work Group issued its report, “Superbugs Invade American Supermarkets,” which was partly underwritten by Applegate, which sells organic and antibiotic-free “natural” meats.

“The numbers are pretty striking,” said Dawn Undurraga, the nutritionist for the group, a health research and advocacy organization. “It really raises a question about the antibiotics we are using in raising animals for meat.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/business/report-on-us-meat-sounds-alarm-on-superbugs.html?_r=0
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Report on U.S. Meat Sounds Alarm on Resistant Bacteria (Original Post) phantom power Apr 2013 OP
kick Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #1
Years of feeding antibiotics to all animals on factory farms lunasun Apr 2013 #2
^^^ Exactly ... Nihil Apr 2013 #4
Nobody saw this coming. silverweb Apr 2013 #3

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. Years of feeding antibiotics to all animals on factory farms
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:23 PM
Apr 2013

Expected results are here now at your grocer

 

Nihil

(13,508 posts)
4. ^^^ Exactly ...
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 04:32 AM
Apr 2013

... but rest assured citizens, your ongoing sacrifice is necessary to maintain
the profit margins of the corporations whom you serve ...

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