CDC Tells Congress MRSA Not From Food Animals
February 28, 2008
February 28, 2008
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The National Pork Producers Council issued the following news release:
Claims that food animals, such as pigs, are increasingly the source of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria in humans are greatly exaggerated, according to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In a recent letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and panel members Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa . . .
Claims that food animals, such as pigs, are increasingly the source of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria in humans are greatly exaggerated, according to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In a recent letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and panel members Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa . . .