Why Experts have beef with supermarket meat
HEALTH & SCIENCE
The pork and poultry meat that you buy from various supermarkets in Kenya pose a great health risk due to super-bugs, including bacteria, which has become resistant to antibiotics. People pick these same bacteria via ingesting the meats.
Further, that meat could be from animals reared in conditions of poor animal welfare, health and stress factors, making them susceptible to diseases.
According to the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP), up to 70 per cent of the imported antibiotics are given to chickens, pigs and cows, most of which are commercially reared en masse, and supplied to supermarkets.
THE STANDARD
BUSINESS NEWS
NAIROBI, KENYA: World Animal Protection has raised concern about the safety of pork and poultry meat from supermarkets after a recent study found significant bacterial contamination on these products.
The study which was conducted between April and July 2020 saw a total of 187 pork samples and 206 chicken samples collected from branches of six supermarkets in six selected counties of Kenya.
The counties are Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru, Laikipia, Uasin Gishu and Nyeri.
The samples were analysed for bacterial growth and sensitivity to World Health Organization (WHO) recognized antibiotics at the Center for Microbiology Research in Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi.
tmrFebruary 15, 2021
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