MRSA superbug found in supermarket pork raises alarm over farming risks

Fiona Harvey, Mary Carson,Maggie O'Kane and Andrew Wasley-Thursday 18 June 2015

The discovery on UK shelves of pork contaminated with a livestock strain of MRSA prompts calls to curb misuse of antibiotics in intensive farming

Pork sold by several leading British supermarkets has been found to be contaminated with a strain of the superbug MRSA that is linked to the overuse of powerful antibiotics on factory farms, a Guardian investigation has revealed.

MRSA Superbug Found in Supermarket Pork Raises Alarm Over Farming Risks by Thavam Ratna