A new report by animal-welfare group World Animal Protection reveals that pork samples purchased from Walmart contained dangerous antibiotic resistant bacteria, reports Food Dive. According to the report, 80 percent of pork samples tested from mid-Atlantic Walmart stores were resistant to at least one antibiotic, while 37 percent of samples were resistant to two or three.
"The presence of multidrug-resistant bacteria on pork products illustrates the role the pork supply chain plays in the global health crisis caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria," Alesia Soltanpanah, executive director of World Animal Protection U.S., said in a statement. She said the fact that pork from one of the nation's largest retailers contains bacteria resistant to antibiotics critically important to human health is "particularly alarming and should raise concerns." Full Story
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