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News Round-Up: Food, Foodborne Illness, And Antibiotic Resistance In Food

May 5, 2013 By Maryn Leave a Comment

OK, still catching up. Today: food, foodborne illness, and antibiotic use and resistance in food — lots of news in a multi-item rundown. (Under normal circumstances, I’d give each of these items a post of its own; but since they all happened in the past few weeks, it seems better to note them and move on.)

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Filed Under: Science, Science Blogs, Superbug Tagged With: antibiotics, CDC, consumer reports, E. coli, EIS, food, food policy, foodborne, Resistance, salmonella, Science Blogs, Turkey

Resistant Bacteria in Pork — And Problematic Pharmaceuticals Too

November 27, 2012 By Maryn Leave a Comment

Bad news today from an investigation conducted by Consumers Union that was released on the web and will be published in the January issue of the nonprofit’s magazine, Consumer Reports. Tests on pork chops and ground pork, bought in six cities under a variety of labels, showed high rates of contamination with a range of bacteria, many of which were antibiotic-resistant — and also showed evidence of a drug so controversial that it is banned in some other countries.

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Filed Under: Science, Science Blogs, Superbug Tagged With: antibiotics, consumer reports, food, food policy, food safety, hogs, pigs, Resistance, Science Blogs

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