Editing Meat (section)

=== Bacterial contamination ===

Bacterial contamination has been seen with meat products. A 2011 study by the [[Translational Genomics Research Institute]] showed that nearly half (47%) of the meat and poultry in U.S. grocery stores were contaminated with ''[[Staphylococcus aureus|S. aureus]]'', with more than half (52%) of those bacteria resistant to antibiotics.<ref name="Staph">{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110415083153.htm|title=US Meat and Poultry Is Widely Contaminated With Drug-Resistant Staph Bacteria|work=sciencedaily.com|access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707081303/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110415083153.htm|archive-date=July 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> A 2018 investigation by the [[Bureau of Investigative Journalism]] and ''[[The Guardian]]'' found that around 15 percent of the US population suffers from foodborne illnesses every year. The investigation highlighted unsanitary conditions in US-based meat plants, which included meat products covered in excrement and abscesses "filled with pus".<ref>{{cite news |last=Wasley |first=Andrew |date=February 21, 2018 |title='Dirty meat': Shocking hygiene failings discovered in US pig and chicken plants |url=https://www.theguardian.com/animals-farmed/2018/feb/21/dirty-meat-shocking-hygiene-failings-discovered-in-us-pig-and-chicken-plants |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223222127/https://www.theguardian.com/animals-farmed/2018/feb/21/dirty-meat-shocking-hygiene-failings-discovered-in-us-pig-and-chicken-plants |archive-date=February 23, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Complete cooking and the careful avoidance of recontamination reduce the risk of bacterial infections from meat.<ref>{{cite journal |pmc=2518970 |title=Colonic protein fermentation and promotion of colon carcinogenesis by thermolyzed casein |last1=Corpet |first1=Denis |last2=Yin |first2=Y. |last3=Zhang |first3=X. |last4=Rémésy |first4=C. |last5=Stamp |first5=D. |last6=Medline |first6=A. |last7=Thompson |first7=L. |last8=Bruce |first8=W. |last9=Archer |first9=M. |display-authors=6 |year=1995 |pmid=7603887 |doi=10.1080/01635589509514381 |volume=23 |issue=3 |journal=Nutr Cancer |pages=271–281}}</ref>