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'Superbugs' Seen in Majority of Supermarket Meat
« on: July 01, 2018, 12:04:44 pm »

'Superbugs' Seen in Majority of Supermarket Meat

By Robert Preidt

HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, June 28, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 80 percent of meat in U.S. supermarkets contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit environmental research organization.

The bacteria -- often called "superbugs" -- were resistant to at least one of 14 antibiotics tested for in 2015 by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, a federal-public health partnership.

https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/news/20180628/superbugs-seen-in-majority-of-supermarket-meat