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High levels of antibiotic resistant E coli bacteria found in supermarket meat

High levels of antibiotic resistant E coli bacteria found in supermarket meat

The study is the first to examine UK-origin retail meat for resistance to a wide range of important antibioticsNo new antibiotics have been discovered for treating E. coli for 35 yearsCarried out by scientists at Cambridge University, and commissioned by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics, the tests looked at 189 UK-origin pig and poultry meat samples from the seven largest supermarkets in the UK.The research found soaring levels of resistance in chicken meat, with 24% of samples testing positive for ESBL E. coli, a type of E. coli resistant to the 'critically important' modern cephalosporin antibiotics.This is four times higher than was found during a similar study in 2015, in which just 6% of chicken tested positive for ESBL E. coli.Modern cephalosporins are widely used for treating life-threatening E.coli blood poisoning in humans.The study is the first to examine UK-origin retail meat for resistance to a wide range of important antibiotics for treating E. coli infections.It found very high levels of resistance to two more highly important antibiotics.51% of the E. coli from pork and poultry samples were resistant to the antibiotic trimethoprim, which is used to treat over half of lower urinary-tract infections.In addition, 19% of the E. coli were resistant to gentamicin, an important human antibiotic used to treat more serious upper urinary-tract infections.The study tested for the presence of E. coli which are resistant to the key antibiotics for treating E. coli urinary-tract and blood-poisoning infections in people.The highly resistant ESBL E. coli was found on meat from all of the supermarkets.The findings provide further evidence that the overuse of antibiotics used to medicate livestock on British farms is likely to be undermining the treatment of E. coli urinary-tract and blood-poisoning infections in humans.Some of the antibiotics tested are used in far greater quantities in livestock farming than in human medicine.Emma Rose of the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics said the findings show the level of antibiotic resistance on retail meat is "worse than expected.""Supermarkets must now publicly commit to polices which prohibit the routine mass-medication of groups of healthy animals, and take immediate steps to reduce farm use of the 'Critically Important' drugs," Mr Rose said.Dr Mark Holmes, from Cambridge University, who led the study, said he is concerned that insufficient resources are being put into the surveillance of antibiotic resistance in farm animals and retail meat."We don't know if these levels are rising or falling in the absence of an effective monitoring system," Dr Holmes said.


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One in four supermarket chicken samples contain antibiotic-resistant E coli

One in four supermarket chicken samples contain antibiotic-resistant E coli

One in four samples of chicken bought from major supermarket chains contained antibiotic-resistant E coli in a study by the University of Cambridge.The bacterium was discovered in packs of meat sold at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Aldi, Waitrose, the Co-op and Morrisons.Scientists tested products such as whole roasting chickens, diced breast meat and packets of legs, thighs and drumsticks, detecting ESBL E coli – resistant to many types of antibiotics – on 22 of 92 samples.


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Antibiotic-resistant E coli has increased in supermarket chicken, study shows

Antibiotic-resistant E coli has increased in supermarket chicken, study shows

A quarter of British chicken from supermarkets has been found to contain antibiotic-resistant E coli, a study has found.Researchers from Cambridge University tested poultry for resistant E coli from seven major supermarkets, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Aldi, the Co-op and Waitrose.They found 24% of pork and poultrymeat samples tested positive for ESBL E coli, a type resistant to a family of antibiotics known as "cephalosporins", which are classed as "critically important" for treating people.


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Quarter of supermarket chicken contains antibiotic-resistant E coli

Quarter of supermarket chicken contains antibiotic-resistant E coli

New research conducted by the University of Caimbridge has found that one in four chickens purchased from the UK's major supermarkets contain antibiotic-resistant E coli.The study covered meat sold by Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and Co-op and included whole roasting chickens, diced breast meat, legs, thighs and drumsticks.Twenty-two of the 92 samples tested were found to contain ESBL E Coli which is not affected by many modern antibiotics.