Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) --It's What's For Dinner!
People who work closely with MRSA-infected animals are at risk of catching the bacteria, meaning farmers, veterinarians and their families are the most threatened.
And, MRSA is able to infect food but eating or handling produce carrying the superbug does NOT present an increased health hazard to humans.
Those are the among the findings of a study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA).
"While food may be contaminated by MRSA there is currently no evidence that eating or handling contaminated food can lead to an increased health risk for humans," an EFSA statement said.
The organizations conducting the study said the focus on control of the superbug should be at the farm level. There's more in the Food Production Daily.
