# Commission Decision of 20 December 2007 concerning a financial contribution from the Community towards a survey on the prevalence of Salmonella spp. and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in herds of breeding pigs to be carried out in the Member States (notified under document number C(2007) 6579) (2008/55/EC), Division 2.3.3: Subtyping for possible link to human isolates

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Positive MRSA’s shall be tested for Staphylococcus type A (Spa-typing). The typing shall be performed at the NRL or under its supervision, or isolates shall be forwarded to the CRL-AR, which shall then perform the typing.
On a subset of representative isolates (about 2 % of the number of pooled samples) MLST-typing shall be performed by the NRL or the CRL-AR.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/55/annex/I/part/C/division/2/division/2.3/division/2.3.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-55/annex-I/part-C/division-2/division-2.3/division-2.3.3
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