Food Service Pork Chops from Three U.S. Regions Harbor Similar Levels of Antimicrobial Resistance Regardless of Antibiotic Use Claims
20 September 2019
Pork products from animals “raised without antibiotics” (RWA) are assumed to harbor lower levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) than conventional (CONV) pork products with no claims regarding use of antimicrobial agents during production. A total of 372 pork chop samples from CONV (n = 190) and RWA (n = 182) production systems were collected over 13 months from three food service suppliers.
The results suggest that use of antimicrobial agents during swine production minimally impacts the AMR of bacteria in pork chops.
Further reading: Journal of Food Protection
Author(s): AMIT VIKRAM, ERIC MILLER, TERRANCE M. ARTHUR, JOSEPH M. BOSILEVAC, TOMMY L. WHEELER, and JOHN W. SCHMIDT
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