Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Tainted meats point to superbug C. diff in food - Health care- msnbc.com

A potentially deadly intestinal germ increasingly found in hospitals is also showing up in a more unsavory setting: grocery store meats.

More than 40 percent of packaged meats sampled from three Arizona chain stores tested positive for Clostridium difficile, a gut bug known as C. diff., according to newly complete analysis of 2006 data collected by a University of Arizona scientist.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27774614/

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