2. MRSA found in 9 percent of Canadian pork

For the first time, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the bacteria that are notorious for causing more deaths in the United States than HIV/AIDS, have been found on meat sold in North America. Researchers from the University of Guelph in Ontario found MRSA on 9 percent of pork chops and ground pork purchased from supermarkets across Canada.

Once primarily a risk in hospitals, MRSA infections are increasingly occurring in healthy people in community settings such as gyms, schools, and prisons. Though the bacteria are destroyed by cooking, people who handle raw meat can become infected or transfer the bacteria to others. The Canadian discovery echoes similar findings in meat sold in Europe.

The first studies to look for MRSA on meat sold in the United States are underway. Read more from The Toronto Star.

http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/feed/feed-april-2008.html#2

Only goes to show you, that handling and cooking foods properly are a key to health. 

I also suggest buying from local producers whenever possible. 

May be a bit more expensive because of quantity purchase requirements but can be cooped with friends, cowaorkers and family members and will lower costs and increase quality drastically. 

Find a local farmer or producer and get friendly, trade locally, support your community. 

Plus it is a much more Healthy way to feed your family.

 

Hello Beth

Thanks for this announcement.

It is not surprising that anything is found on or in pork.
We've been told for years to cook pork well.  But MRSA
is a horse of different color in that its handling can be
dangerous, too and as your notice says the handling can
infect others.

Another reason to be concerned about MRSA is that, as its
name implies, it is a super bug that often does not respond
to even the most powerful of antibiotics.

MRSA is killing school children, teachers and others and it
is said that 19,000 people each year die from this killer
which more than those who die from AIDS.
        
Have you heard of a product called Alligin that is thought
to prevent or combat MRSA?  Perhaps you are a member
of Liberty Health Network which makes Alligin available.
If not, check out my website at Liberty Health > > >

   www.lhninternational.com/lhnproducts

to see what it says about MRSA and Alligin.

I couldn't see any evidence that you were involved with
Liberty Health Network so I hope I am not stepping on
your toes.

To see how serious this MRSA is, how resistant this pathogen is to
antibiotics and how alligin works, listen to this recording >  >  >

http://user232156.websitewizard.com/peter-on-allicin-and-mrsa.html

What the Alligin product does in all areas of infectious and even non-
infectious ailments is just amazing according!  Dr Peter Josling on the
recording, talks about MRSA, Lupus, fibromyalgia, Lyme Disease,
head lice, fleas on animals, mosquitoes and Candida and more.  This
is a must-listen recording.

To talk about this, call me or email me at zhebee@yahoo.com

Helen Elias
604-420-1544
www.lhninternational.com/lhnproducts 

Hi Jim

You have that right. Finding a good, local butcher shop is key to purchasing meat that is generally handled properly. How this is happening to our meats is beyond me but I think there is something lacking in the quality control...

Having cleaned wild game and field dressed deer before you bring it home and butcher it there... it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what not to do in this process...

or.... maybe it's time to go vegetarian? (but I do like pork from time to time! Well Cooked plz!

Beth