(HealthDay News) -- Nearly 80 percent of meat in U.S. supermarkets contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit environmental research organization.
The bacteria -- often called "superbugs" -- were resistant to at least one of 14antibiotics tested for in 2015 by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, a federal-public health partnership.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria were found on 79 percent of ground turkey samples tested; 71 percent of pork chops; 62 percent of ground beef; and 36 percent of chicken breasts, wings and thighs, the findings showed.
Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to health and food security, according to the World Health Organization.
"Consumers need to know about potential contamination of the meat they eat, so they can be vigilant about food safety, especially when cooking for children, pregnant women, older adults or the immune-compromised," the report's author, nutritionist Dawn Undurraga, said in a news release from the organization.
Dr. Gail Hansen, a public health consultant and veterinarian, elaborated on the danger.
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No crap. The supermarket meat has been pumped full of anti-biotics now for generations. The next super bug will be called CAFO.
ReplyDeletewhich is why i stopped eating undercooked meat almost 40 years ago, if it ain`t black on the outside and hot and moist on the inside i won`t eat it. if it`s dried up like shoe leather on the inside or bleeding like a fresh stuck pig i won`t touch it.
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ReplyDeleteWhen scientists looked in their microscopes and saw this bug looked like a cross of Nancy Palosi and Maxine Waters, they knew it was deadly!
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