NORWAY ACTS AGAINST MRSA INFECTION ON PIG FARM
July 5th, 2014
MATTILSYNET, Norway’s food safety authority, has ordered the destruction of a pig-herd in Vestre Toten, in western Norway, following the discovery of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) in the herd. The farm owner, Simen Kolstad, was instructed to destroy all 600 pigs by July 20.The Vestre Toten farm was found to be the only piggery, of 1,000 pig herds tested in a countrywide testing programme by Mattilsynet in the first week of July, to return positive results for the MRSA bacteria. A preliminary inquiry by ...
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