Bacteria that are immune to several antibiotics are showing up in a broad range of foods on grocery store shelves, new studies show.
It’s a recipe for rising illness and deaths from food poisoning, according to data reported in Orlando, Fla., this week at the American Society for Microbiology meeting.
When virulent, the microbes can induce gut-wrenching poisoning.
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