Friday, November 21, 2008

meat and deadly intestinal germs

A potentially deadly hospital germ called Clostridium difficile has been found in 40% packaged meats sampled from Arizona.

This raises the question if these germs are being transmitted through food.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention claims there is not yet any scientific evidence that the presence of C. diff in meat causes illness in humans. Full story

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