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Superbugs Contaminating US Meat And Poultry

Burgers? Check. Mince? Check. Chicken? Check. Staphylococcus? WHAT? Your family barbeque has an unexpected and most unwelcome visitor in the form of a superbug.

Meat and poultry is contaminated by dangerous bacteria, including superbugs that are antibiotic resistant. Recent nationwide studies by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), situated in Flagstaff, Arizona, have determined that a staggering 47% of the tested samples were contaminated, of which 52% contained superbugs. Said samples were from different sources, brands and stores primarily located More

Scape-goats & Bad Behaviour…

The new series of the ever watchable and awe-inspiringly funny The Apprentice kicked off last night with an explosive episode containing…well, lots of mistakes and people looking a bit thick. Not just any people, but some of England’s finest business acumen. This is something we’ve all come to expect of course, but this first episode was especially brutal, and made the project manager Edward look like a less than desirable employee. And that’s saying nothing for when he appeared on More