Disturbing news that many pork products on sale in the UK (especially those from intensive rearing practises as is common in Denmark) are contaminated with a strain (CC398) of antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus auratus (http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/18/mrsa-superbug-in-supermarket-pork-raises-alarm-farming-risks). Although the bacterium is killed when the meat is cooked, people can pick up the infection when they handle the raw product. It has been reported that more than 1000 people in Denmark have been infected with 2 deaths. There is already a real problem with the declining efficacies of antibiotics and intensive farming is not making the situation better (the antibiotics increase meat yield). There is also concern about the spread of CC398 into UK farms.
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