Antibiotic resistant strains of Salmonella can be identified and tracked through the food chain as they evolve and spread, according to US researchers.
Foodborne sickness salmonella enterica’s growing resistance to drug treatment has been highlighted in a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Food manufacturers have fresh weaponry to aid their fight against factory contamination in the form of electric switches and dust and splash covers with anti-bacterial, anti-mould and anti-fungal coatings.
A coalition of US health, food and environmental groups has written to US senators calling for urgent action to improve reporting of antibiotic use in livestock.
Food and farming charity The Soil Association has called on the British government to investigate the bacteria MRSA in UK farm animals, as well as the claimed overuse of antibiotics in farming.
The increase in the number of resistant E.coli cases in the UK is “almost certainly due” to the level of antibiotic use on farms, a report by the Soil Association has said.
An American animal welfare organisation has dismissed a UK study on the link between farm antibiotic use and the development of antibiotic-resistant disease in humans as “misleading” and “highly irresponsible”.
The superbug meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is able to infect food but eating or handling tainted produce does not present an increased health hazard to humans, a new report has said.
Legislation that aims to stop the nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in animals would impair the health of livestock and poultry as well as undermining the safety of the US food supply, claims the president of the largest US farm group.
UK farmers and veterinary surgeons are giving antibiotics to animals often to prevent rather than treat disease, which is contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance through food, claims a UK organic group.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted a redrafted opinion that maintains the growing use of antimicrobial agents in food could be damaging human resistance to bacteria.
Marketing campaign at US meat processor set to be dismantled as
federal appeals court rules US meat processor Tyson to comply with
an order to remove misleading advertising from 8,500 stores.
Food processing must play a role in preventing the evolutionary
shifts that lead to bacterial antibiotic resistance, according to
new research from the US.
EFSA's GMO panel has reconfirmed its opinion that the use of the
nptII gene as a selectionable marker in GM plants for food or feed
poses no risk to human or animal health or the environment.
Chicken consumption in the UK could suffer a temporary setback
after a BBC report indicates chicken are highly contaminated with
antibiotic resistant E. coli bacteria.
The presence of drug-resistant, pathogenic bacteria on uncooked
poultry products varies by commercial brand and is likely related
to antibiotic use in production, according to researchers at the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
A chemical used as an anti-microbial in some food processing plants
could be endangering human health, claims UK resin flooring systems
supplier Degafloor.
The potential benefits to human health associated with the use of
antibiotics in chicken may outweigh the potential risks, according
to a risk-benefit analysis carried out by scientists in the US,
writes Anthony Fletcher.
A new article raises concern that the banning of antibiotics in
food animals may harm both human and animal health. The report,
published this month in the Journal of Antimicrobial
Chemotherapy, argues there is little to no scientific...
More than 40 per cent of bacteria found in chicken on sale in
Switzerland is resistant to at least one antibiotic, say
researchers publishing their findings this week in BMC Public
Health. The results could have wider implications...
The health benefits of cranberry juice have occupied scientists for
some time. This week researchers in the US claim that cranberry
juice could prove to be the next weapon in fighting bacteria,
especially those which have become resistant...
Oil from the common herb oregano may be an effective treatment
against dangerous, and sometimes drug-resistant bacteria, an
American researcher has found.