Pat's Note: For the record the published claim by BPEX and the NPA

"British Pigs MRSA Free

First quarter results from a Europe-wide probe has not uncovered MRSA
in United Kingdom pigs. Nevertheless there is a potential issue of
migrant workers bringing it onto pig farms. "

has now timed out on their news pages.

The current Defra position seems to be as follow, despite a range of
what seem to be contradicory items all over the place.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/zoonoses/mrsa.htm

....MRSA in livestock
MRSA has been isolated from dairy cows, pigs and chickens outside the
UK and an ongoing assessment of the international picture is being
maintained. There is no current evidence that food-producing animals
form a reservoir of infection in the UK and the organism has not been
detected in farmed livestock in the UK. Defra has initiated a study
undertaken by the VLA to test Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained
from bovine clinical submissions for MRSA. This project commenced in
Autumn 2006 and, to date, 425 samples have been tested, with no MRSA
identified.