MRSA in the food chain - another gift from the intensive farming industry?
Not long after it was revealed that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) want to start feeding pig remains to our poultry, comes the news that a variant of MRSA may have entered the human food chain. It’s both ironic and tragic that the ST398 strain is found in factory-farmed pigs in the Netherlands. None of the three humans in three separate UK hospitals had a close association with farm animals.
Most cases of the ST398 strain have been spread to people in close contact with animals such as farmers, vets and abattoir workers. Those who handle and prepare food can be infected if the bacteria gets onto their hands and enters a cut or wound, even microscopic tears in the skin.
tags: antibiotics, chickens, cows, DEFRA, food, FSA, intensive farming, meat, MRSA, pigsMEPs want to feed pigs to chickens - so let’s do all we can to stop it happening
Members of the European Parliament recently voted against transparency, choosing not to reveal to the unwashed masses how much they all claim back in so-called expenses. The system is believed to be widely and obscenely abused, but we’ll never know. We’re asked to trust these people. But hold on! There might be a reason for this madness.
tags: activism, animal feed, animals, Archaeopteryx, chickens, DEFRA, democracy, environmentalism, EU, fast food, Food Standards Agency, FSA, KFC, livestock, Mad Cow, MEPs, MPs, pigs, poultry, protest
