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Workers in meat and poultry processing do have a high incidence of resistant staph infections - but, obviously, they get it from the meat they handle. While there could be cases of meat being contaminated by infected workers, the bacteria came from the meat originally.

This is one more reason to thoroughly wash your hands, knives, cutting boards, etc., after handling raw meat or poultry. If you should cut yourself while doing such work, take special care about cleaning the wound - you do not want to get an infection with this stuff!