 When you shop for turkey burgers for dinner tonight, you may be buying more than meat. A recently released FDA report found that of all the raw ground turkey tested, 81% was contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In the meat NARMS tested, scientists found significant amounts of salmonella and Campylobacter - bacteria that causes millions of cases of food poisoning a year. Of the chicken tested, 53% was tainted with an antibiotic-resistant form of E.coli, the report said. Certain strains of E.coli can cause urinary tract infections, pneumonia and other illnesses. Antibiotic resistance means if you were to become ill, doctors would have fewer drug options to treat you. Read - What government tests found in your meat – Fast facts on E. coli – Fast facts on salmonella The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that people in a normal state of health who ingest Salmonella-tainted food may experience diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps, which typically begin within 12 to 72 hours. This may be accompanied by vomiting, chills, headache and muscle pains. These symptoms may last about four to seven days, and then go away without specific treatment, but left unchecked, Salmonella infection may spread to the bloodstream and beyond and may cause death if the person is not treated promptly with antibiotics. Children, the elderly, and people with compromised immune symptoms should practice extreme caution, as salmonellosis may lead to severe illness or even death. Consumer resources: More on food poisoning from CNN Health and all foodborne illness coverage on Eatocracy Previously: |
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Reblogged this on Dallas Black (Down This Lonely Road).
If I'm going to be adventurous enough to eat raw meat (beef tar tar?) Would I rather eat meat contaminated with regular bacteria because the cow didn't receive any antibiotics while it was being raised, or eat meat contaminated with antibiotic resistant bacteria because by giving all the cows doses of antibiotics, you're creating a selection pressure for only the bacteria with a mutation making them resistant to the antibiotic to be able to survive? Neither way sounds good to me, so I guess I'll make sure I cook my meat to the proper internal temperature
Don't eat the meat! U can beat the meat but don't eat the meat!
I just washed my meat with Safeguard soap...It appears to be growing.
Stand Back, I don't know how BIG it's gonna get.
My grill will burninate them all, not worried. I'm even still alive.
Mot meat but does not include grass-fed & grass-finished
sort of makes me glad to be a veggie
My food poops on your food.