Grocery purchases of chicken in the United Kingdom have declined nearly 7 percent by volume and 4 percent by sales since this time last year. Experts are speculating that the public has been influenced by
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2014 in Review: Animal Antibiotics
Food Safety News wrote a lot about antibiotic resistance this year — particularly the debate surrounding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals, introduced
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UK Review Makes Staggering Antibiotic Resistance Predictions
Projections of the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) paint a grim picture for what could happen to the world’s economy if the problem is left unchecked. Research commissioned by the U.K.’s Review on Antimicrobial Resistance
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11 Sickened in UK by Rare E. Coli O55 Outbreak
At least 11 people in the Blandford area of Dorset, United Kingdom, have been diagnosed with E. coli O55 infections, a rare strain of E. coli never before recorded in the U.K., according to BBC
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Study: 70 Percent of Chickens in UK Stores Test Positive for Campylobacter
Seventy percent of supermarket chickens in the United Kingdom have tested positive for Campylobacter in the first half of a year-long study being conducted by the country’s Food Standards Agency (FSA). In recent years, FSA
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UK Retailer Introduces ‘Campylobacter Challenge’
Major British retailer Marks & Spencer has introduced a plan to take on the poultry industry’s longstanding problems with illnesses related to Campylobacter, a foodborne bacterium that causes diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and fever. In
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E. Coli Sickens 85 in UK While Source Remains Unknown
The U.K. is currently investigating an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened 75 people across the country. Public Health England (PHE), which is leading the investigation, reports that there are 67 victims in England,
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FSA Chastises UK Retailers for Resisting Release of Campylobacter Stats
The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) Monday criticized British supermarkets for not wanting to be named in the results of its Campylobacter testing program, set to be released this this week. The second round
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UK Research Shows MRSA Transfers From Livestock to Humans
New research from the U.K. supports the theory that antibiotic-resistant bacteria in livestock can be transmitted to humans. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh studied the evolutionary history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal complex
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U.K. Raw Milk Dairy Issues Recall for Potential E. Coli
Barton Farm Dairy in the English parish of Kentisbury is recalling all sizes of its raw milk due to a potential link to two cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection, according to the U.K. Food
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