Study Finds Origins of MRSA Strain in Food Animals
US - Stephen McDonnell, founder and CEO of Applegate, the leading producer of natural and organic meats and cheeses, responded yesterday to a letter from Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) about the company's practices and policies regarding antibiotic use in raising animals for food, just as a new study released by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) shows that an antibiotic-resistant strain of Staph may have evolved after jumping from humans to animals and back to humans.
23 February 2012
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