Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found In American Pork Products, Alongside Internationally Banned Drug
Jan 18th, 2013 | By John
Samples of pork from six cities have shown heavy contamination with five distinct bacterial strains and an often-banned controversial growth-enhancing drug, according to Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine. According to the report, out of 148 pork chop samples and 50 ground pork samples, 11 percent of the samples had contamination with Enterococcus. A shocking 69 percent of the samples were contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica, while only 23 percet of samples were bacteria-free. Other bacteria found in the pork samples included staph variants, at 7 percent. Both Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella were also present
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