TORONTO ¯ Antibiotic-resistant Staph bacteria have been found by Canadian researchers in pork products bought in retail stores throughout that country, according to The Canadian Press.
Less than 10 percent of sampled pork chops and ground pork that were recently bought in four provinces tested positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, said Dr. Scott Weese, lead researcher, in a presentation given yesterday to the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta. The bacteria would be destroyed by proper cooking, so Staph food poisoning is not a major concern, said Weese, an expert on zoonoses. This confirmed report of MRSA is the first in retail meat in North America and among just a few of such reported findings throughout the world.
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