{"id":119,"date":"2013-04-18T14:57:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T19:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/jjgill\/?p=119"},"modified":"2013-04-18T14:59:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T19:59:01","slug":"antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-in-retail-meats-may-be-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/jjgill\/antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-in-retail-meats-may-be-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in retail meats may be on the rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">More than half of samples of ground turkey, pork chops and ground beef collected from supermarkets for testing by the federal government contained a bacteria resistant to <span class=\"meta-classifier\">antibiotics<\/span>, according to a new report highlighting the findings.<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">The data, collected in 2011 by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System \u2014 a joint program of the <span class=\"meta-org\">Food and Drug Administration<\/span>, the Agriculture Department and the <span class=\"meta-org\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/span> \u2014 show a sizable increase in the amount of meat contaminated with antibiotic-resistant forms of bacteria, known as superbugs, like <em><span class=\"meta-classifier\">Salmonella<\/span><\/em>, <em>E. coli<\/em> and <em>Campylobacter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">The government published the findings in February, but they received scant attention until the Environmental Work Group issued its report, \u201c<a title=\"The report.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ewg.org\/meateatersguide\/superbugs\/\">Superbugs Invade American Supermarkets<\/a>,\u201d which was partly underwritten by Applegate, which sells organic and antibiotic-free \u201cnatural\u201d meats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/17\/business\/report-on-us-meat-sounds-alarm-on-superbugs.html?_r=1&amp;#h\">Report on U.S. Meat Sounds Alarm on \u2018Superbugs\u2019 &#8211; New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related:<\/h3>\n<p>The government report in question: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/AnimalVeterinary\/SafetyHealth\/AntimicrobialResistance\/NationalAntimicrobialResistanceMonitoringSystem\/ucm334828.htm\">NARMS Retail Meat Annual Report, 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/AnimalVeterinary\/NewsEvents\/CVMUpdates\/ucm338178.htm\">FDA Annual Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Food-Producing Animals in 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than half of samples of ground turkey, pork chops and ground beef collected from supermarkets for testing by the federal government contained a bacteria resistant to antibiotics, according to a new report highlighting the findings. 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