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Subject: [Spam 9.26] Industrial Farm Workers More Likely to Carry Multidrug-Resistant Staph
From: "Food Quality & Safety" 
To: "L ROGER FALEN" 
Date: 07/23/13 17:01:18

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Industrial Farm Workers More Likely to Carry Multidrug-Resistant Staph
Study shows that livestock-associated strains are resistant to multiple antibiotics
 Workers at industrial livestock operations are much more likely than workers at antibiotic-free livestock companies to carry livestock-associated strains of Staphylococcus aureus, as well as multidrug-resistant S. aureus, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Prompts Cheese Recall
Five cases linked by PulseNet system
 A multistate outbreak of listeriosis has led to the recall of several cheese products by a Wisconsin manufacturer. At least five people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes were hospitalized; the illness resulted in one death and a miscarriage by a pregnant woman, according to the CDC...The products had been distributed nationwide through retail and foodservice outlets and by mail-order.
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