Meat and Poultry Online Newsletter - disease-causing bacteria

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Date 11:48 Dec 13

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> Meat and Poultry Online Newsletter -

http://www.meatandpoultryonline.com/nl/4584/468699

 

> Thursday, December 12, 2002

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> FEATURED ARTICLES

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> 1) 'Consumer Reports' Sheds Little Light on Antibiotic Resistance,

Chicken Industry

Group Says

> 2) EU Agrees on Food Tracking Rules

> 3) New Studies Show Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Common Food Poisoning

Culprits,

Often Present in Store-Bought Chicken & Turkey

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> 1) 'Consumer Reports' Sheds Little Light on Antibiotic Resistance,

Chicken Industry

Group Says

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> WASHINGTON, Dec 10, 2002 (U.S. Newswire via COMTEX) -- The Consumer

Reports article

released today does little to shed light on the phenomenon of antibiotic

resistance,

the National Chicken Council said today. " There is nothing in the

article to indicate

that the resistance found actually comes from use of antibiotics in live

chickens.

Campylobacter in particular is known to have a high level...

http://www.meatandpoultryonline.com/nl/4579/468699

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> 2) EU Agrees on Food Tracking Rules

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> BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec 10, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- European

Union environment

ministers agreed late Monday on new rules for tracing food and livestock

feed derived

from genetically modified organisms....

http://www.meatandpoultryonline.com/nl/4580/468699

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> 3) New Studies Show Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Common Food Poisoning

Culprits,

Often Present in Store-Bought Chicken & Turkey

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> WASHINGTON, Dec 10, 2002 (U.S. Newswire via COMTEX) -- Two new

independent studies

show that a large proportion of the brand name chicken and turkey

products tested

are contaminated with disease-causing bacteria, ampylobacter or

Salmonella, that are

resistant to one or more antibiotics....

http://www.meatandpoultryonline.com/nl/4581/468699

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