- The Food Standards Agency today reiterated advice on
safe handling and cooking of meat for those worried by a report of a strain
of 'superbug' MRSA in farm animals.
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- The Soil Association report highlights a new strain of
the bacteria methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that has
developed amongst intensively farmed pigs, chickens and other livestock,
especially in the Netherlands, where it has spread to some farm workers
and their families.
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- 'The Agency is aware of this issue and we are keeping
a watching brief on developments across Europe,' said Paul Cook of the
Food Standards Agency Microbiological Safety Division. 'However, this is
already being considered jointly by a number of Government agencies. Any
possible emerging risk in the UK will be assessed, and appropriate action
will be taken.
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- 'We have only just received the report from the Soil
Association, which we will examine in detail.'
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- None of the new strain of MRSA has been found in UK food-producing
animals.
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- The Agency's advice on avoiding food poisoning bacteria
applies equally to any strain of MRSA. Proper cooking will destroy MRSA.
Guidance on the safe handling and cooking of food, especially meat, is
available at the link below.
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- http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2007/jun/mrsa
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- MRSA In Farm Animals And Meat - A New Threat To
Human Health
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- http://www.soilassociation.org/Web/SA/saweb.nsf/89d058cc4dbeb16d
- 80256a73005a2866/5cae3a9c3b4da4b880257305002daadf/$FILE/M
- RSA%20report%20Summary.pdf
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- This is very nasty stuff. Believe it or not, while on
my third neck surgery, after a few extra precautions due to my mom having
hvCJD (i banked my blood once, only use my bone for graph, no bank bone,
and some extra precautions on bone grinder if i recall correctly, all for
fear of CJD/TSE, and then damn near kill me with MRSA. 8 weeks vancomycin,
two times a day, 1500 mgs, and a hole in my hip. so, this is why i keep
up with the MRSA and now we have VRSA, which is vancomycin resistant. then
your just sht out of luck, except for some experimental cocktail of sorts.
this is why i have kept up with not only all the mad cow feed ban warning
letters, but also all the warning letters for Edible Tissues/Adulterated
where cattle are so sick when they go for slaughter, they are pumped up
with all these antibiotics and hormones, and then one wonders why we have
become resistant to some of these same type drugs, or why young adolescents
have developed so. ....... fast, well, whatever. on a weekly basis you
can go and read something like ;
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- On or about October 26, 2006, you sold a dairy cow, identified
with Back Tag #[redacted] (possibly [redacted]), lot tag #[redacted], for
slaughter as food at [redacted] in [redacted] slaughtered this cow on or
about October 26. United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety
and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) analysis of tissue samples collected
from this animal identified the presence of gentamicin in the liver and
kidney tissues. The level of gentarnicin was not quantified. No tolerance
has been established for residues of gentamicin in the edible tissues of
cows as codified in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR), Part
556.300. The presence of gentamicin in edible tissues from this animal
causes the food to be adulterated within the meaning of section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii)
[21 U.S.C. § 342(a)(2)(C)(ii)].
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- On or about October 13, 2006, you sold a dairy cow, identified
with Back Tag #[redacted], Lot Tag #[redacted], for slaughter as food at
[redacted] slaughtered this cow on or about October 13. USDA/FSIS analysis
of tissue samples collected from this animal identified the presence of
penicillin at 18 ppm (parts per million) in the kidney tissue and at .12
ppm in the liver tissue. A tolerance of .05 ppm has been established for
residues of penicillin in the edible tissues of cows as codified in 21
CFR 556.510. The presence of this drug in edible tissues from this animal
causes the food to be adulterated within the meaning of section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii)
[21 U.S.C. § 342(a)(2)(C)(ii)].
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- http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/s6389c.htm
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- Note - Unlike the TSE agent, it seems at least you can
kill this deadly pathogen by cooking properly. Oh boy, that
makes me feel a lot better about the product.
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- How and why have we (supposedly the most intelligent
species on earth) become so stupid?
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- Answer: $$$
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- Terry Singletary, Sr
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