MRSA warning on supermarket food

Link: MRSA warning on supermarket food - Talking Retail.

According to a report by the Soil Association, a serious human-health threat already present in the Netherlands and other European countries, could spread to the UK. The report claims that farm-animal MRSA has already transferred to farmers, farm-workers and their families in the Netherlands, causing serious health impacts. The Soil Association is now calling on the government to urgently instigate a testing programme to establish the MRSA status of UK livestock and meat on sale. Richard Young, Soil Association policy adviser said: “This new type of MRSA is spreading like wildfire across Europe, and we know it is transferring from farm animals to humans – with serious health impacts. “Fortunately, it has not yet been found in UK livestock or imported meat, but then neither the government nor the Food Standards Agency are looking for it in live animals or meat.”