Mechanical translation from the Dutch Parliament
proceedings.
It seems it almost unbelievable that against this background, Britain should still refuse to acknowledge MRSA in its pigs and pork, after so many years.
It shows just how bad the cover-ups are – how senior those involved and huge the
reparations and compensation that will be demanded and, make no mistake, how dangerous it is for any individual to
campaign against veterinary corruption in Britain.
The Dutch are to be congratulated on their integrity and common-sense.
Questions of member Hazekamp (Party for the
Animals) to the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport about the annoyance of
farmers to the changing policies of hospitals around MRSA (submitted February
17, 2012).
Answer Minister
Schippers (Health, Welfare and Sport) (received March 6, 2012).
...Question 4
Please
indicate how often MRSA or ESBL-producing bacteria was established by farmers
and / or their family and / or their staff in the last 2 years? If so, please be specific in your
answer? If not, why not?
Answer 4
A recent
study shows that 16% of people who live and / or work on a vleeskalverbedrijf
MRSA positive in the nose. For
farmers was 33%, 26% for employees and family members who live on the farm 8%.
On pig
farms was on average 14% of MRSA-positive people and broiler farms averaged
5.5%. People who have intensive
contact with live animals generally have a greater chance of MRSA-positive than
people who live on a farm, but no contact with the animals...
For
ESBL-producing bacteria are less data available. On broiler farms was 28% of people
positive for ESBL-
