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New E. coli warning: Lidl chicken contaminated with fecal bacteria, listeria and drug-resistant superbugs including MRSA, campaigners claim

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The results showed that 23 of the 40 products analyzed were positive for MRSA and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL), bacteria that no longer respond to antimicrobial treatment. Diarrhea caused by E. Coli bacteria was also recorded in 19 chickens bought from UK stores

More than half of Lidl’s chickens are infected with potentially deadly, drug-resistant ‘superbugs’, tests show. The results showed that 23 of the 40 products analyzed were positive for MRSA and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL), bacteria that no longer respond to antimicrobial treatment. The diarrhea-causing bug E. Coli was also found in 19 chickens bought from British … Read more