MRSA has been found in pigs in 17 of 24 EU member states – but not the UK, according to the first Europe-wide survey of the bacteria.
The highest level of MRSA positives was in Spain, in 51 per cent of breeding pig herds, followed by Germany, Belgium and Italy, research published by the European Food Safety Authority EFSA showed.
Despite the failure to find the ‘superbug’ in Britain, the Soil Association is calling for improved testing claiming it could ‘easily have been missed due to a poor testing method which had not been checked before the survey began’.
via Fears over rising MRSA levels in EU pigs | News | Farmers Guardian.
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